9 Satan answered the Lord, “But Job has a good reason to respect you.
10 You always protect him, his family, and everything he has. You have blessed him and made him successful in everything he does. He is so wealthy that his herds and flocks are all over the country.
11 But if you were to destroy everything he has, I promise you that he would curse you to your face.”
12 The Lord said to Satan, “All right, do whatever you want with anything that he has, but don’t hurt Job himself.” Then Satan left the meeting.
13 One day Job’s sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine at the oldest brother’s house.
14 A messenger came to Job and said, “We were plowing the fields with the oxen and the donkeys were eating grass nearby,
15 when some Sabeans attacked us and took your animals! They killed the other servants. I am the only one who escaped to come and tell you the news!”