Not only is Yahweh a God who gives permission to the Satan to strike Job, Satan knows that God must stretch out his hand (1:11). The Lord says to Satan, “behold all that he has is in your power, only do not lay a hand on his person” (1:12). Satan knows that the hand of God holds even his hand. The hand of God holds the hand of Satan. Satan’s hand cannot move apart from the hand of God.
