1-3. One day when the angels came to report to God, Satan also showed up. God singled out Satan, saying, “And what have you been up to?” Satan answered God, “Oh, going here and there, checking things out.” Then God said to Satan, “Have you noticed my friend Job? There’s no one quite like him, is there—honest and true to his word, totally devoted to God and hating evil? He still has a firm grip on his integrity! You tried to trick me into destroying him, but it didn’t work.”
6. God said, “All right. Go ahead—you can do what you like with him. But mind you, don’t kill him.”
9. His wife said, “Still holding on to your precious integrity, are you? Curse God and be done with it!”
10. He told her, “You’re talking like an empty-headed fool. We take the good days from God—why not also the bad days?”Not once through all this did Job sin. He said nothing against God.