Then Satan challenged Jehovah to strike Job, and because great issues were involved, Jehovah partially withdrew his protection from his worshiper in this one case.
Tomēr Sātanam netika dotas neierobežotas iespējas. Kad Dievs atļāva Sātanam piemeklēt Ījabu ar nelaimi, Sātans varēja izraisīt Ījabam slimību, taču nevarēja viņu nogalināt.