Satan’s First Test of Job

⁶ One day the sons of God^(A) came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan^[a] also came with them. ⁷ The Lord asked Satan, “Where have you come from?”

“From roaming through the earth,”^(B) Satan answered him, “and walking around on it.”

⁸ Then the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? No one else on earth is like him, a man of perfect integrity,^(C) who fears God and turns away from evil.”^(D)

⁹ Satan answered the Lord, “Does Job fear God for nothing? ¹⁰ Haven’t you placed a hedge around^(E) him, his household, and everything he owns? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land. ¹¹ But stretch out your hand and strike^(F) everything he owns, and he will surely curse you to your face.”

¹² “Very well,” the Lord told Satan, “everything he owns is in your power. However, do not lay a hand on Job himself.” So Satan left the Lord’s presence.

Satan’s Second Test of Job

2 One day the sons of God^(A) came again to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also came with them to present himself before the Lord. ² The Lord asked Satan, “Where have you come from?”

“From roaming through the earth,” Satan answered him, “and walking around on it.”

³ Then the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? No one else on earth is like him, a man of perfect integrity,^(B) who fears God and turns away from evil.^(C) He still retains his integrity, even though you incited me against him, to destroy him for no good reason.”

⁴ “Skin for skin!” Satan answered the Lord. “A man will give up everything he owns in exchange for his life. ⁵ But stretch out your hand and strike^(D) his flesh and bones, and he will surely curse you to your face.”

Fourth Vision: High Priest and Branch

3 Then he showed me the high priest Joshua^(A) standing before the angel of the Lord,^(B) with Satan^[a](C) standing at his right side to accuse him.

³³ Who can bring an accusation against God’s elect?^(A) God is the one who justifies.^{(B) 34} Who is the one who condemns?^(C) Christ Jesus is the one who died,^(D) but even more, has been raised;^(E) he also is at the right hand of God^(F) and intercedes for us.^(G)