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The LORD said to Satan, "From where do you come?" Satan answered the LORD and said, "^(C1)From roaming about on the earth and walking around on it."

The LORD said to Satan, "Have you ^(F1)considered ^(C1)My servant Job? For there is no one like him on the earth, ^(C2)a blameless and upright man, ^(F2)fearing God and turning away from evil."

Then ^(C1)Satan answered the ^(F1)LORD, "Does Job fear God for nothing?

"^(C1)Have You not made a fence around him and his house and all that he has, on every side? ^(C2)You have blessed the work of his hands, and his ^(C3)possessions have increased in the land.

"^(C1)But reach out with Your hand now and ^(C2)touch all that he has; he will certainly curse You to Your face."

Then the LORD said to Satan, "Behold, all that he has is in your ^(F1)power; only do not reach out and put your hand on him." So Satan departed from the presence of the LORD.

Now on the day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother's house,

a messenger came to Job and said, "The oxen were plowing and the female donkeys feeding beside them,

and ^(F1)the ^(C1)Sabeans ^(F2)attacked and took them. They also ^(F3)killed the servants with the edge of the sword, and ^(F4)I alone have escaped to tell you."

While he was still speaking, another came and said, "^(C1)The fire of God fell from heaven and burned up the sheep and the servants and consumed them, and I alone have escaped to tell you."

While he was still speaking, another came and said, "The ^(C1)Chaldeans formed three units and made a raid on the camels and took them, and ^(F1)killed the servants with the edge of the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you."