וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יְהוָ֜ה אֶל־הַשָּׂטָ֗ן הֲשַׂ֣מְתָּ לִבְּךָ֮ אֶל־עַבְדִּ֣י אִיּוֹב֒ כִּי֩ אֵ֨ין כָּמֹ֜הוּ בָּאָ֗רֶץ אִ֣ישׁ תָּ֧ם וְיָשָׁ֛ר יְרֵ֥א אֱלֹהִ֖ים וְסָ֣ר מֵרָ֑ע וְעֹדֶ֙נּוּ֙ מַחֲזִ֣יק בְּתֻמָּת֔וֹ וַתְּסִיתֵ֥נִי ב֖וֹ לְבַלְּע֥וֹ חִנָּֽם׃
Yang Mahakekal berfirman kepada sang Penuduh, “Apakah engkau memperhatikan hamba-Ku Ayub? Tidak ada seorang pun seperti dia di bumi: seorang yang tulus dan jujur, takut akan Allah dan menjauhi kejahatan. Ia masih tetap berpegang pada ketulusannya, padahal engkau telah membujuk-Ku untuk melawan dia, supaya Aku membinasakannya tanpa alasan.”
Zohar
R. Judah replied: ‘Indeed, thou speakest truth! But it is also written that Satan said: “But put forth thine hand and touch his bone and his flesh”, and that the Holy One Himself said to Satan, “And thou movest me against him” (Job 2, 3-4); which proves that permission was given to the powers of the “other side” that they might so rise up against man on account of the deeds he had done in this world. And in all this the ways of the Holy One are hidden, and it is beyond me to follow them, for these are the statutes of the Holy One, which men must not examine too closely, save those who walk in the way of wisdom and so are in truth worthy to penetrate into the veiled paths of the Torah, and to comprehend the hidden truths contains therein.’
Zohar
as it says concerning those who built the Tower of Babel: “And the Lord, came down to see” (Gen. 11, 5.); also in connection with Sodom and Gomorra: “I will go down now and see” (Ibid. 18, 21); for the Holy One would not rest satisfied to condemn the world to perdition merely on the strength of the word of Satan, who is the great accuser and whose only desire is to destroy the world.