^{8 Ref} And the Lord said to the Satan, Have you taken note of my servant Job, for there is no one like him on the earth, a man without sin and upright, fearing God and keeping himself far from evil?

^{9 Ref} And the Satan said in answer to the Lord, Is it for nothing that Job is a god-fearing man?

^{10 Ref} Have you yourself not put a wall round him and his house and all he has on every side, blessing the work of his hands, and increasing his cattle in the land?