What was Satan allowed to take from Job, though not kill him?

• A. His wealth
• B. His health
• C. His family
• D. His mind

Answer: (B)

The situation tests how faith endures under real, personal trial while life itself remains safe. In the story, Satan is allowed to afflict Job, but with the clear limit that he may not take Job’s life. The form this affliction takes is physical pain and illness—Satan is permitted to strike Job’s body with painful sores. So, the specific thing Satan can take, while not killing him, is Job’s health.

You’ll notice that Job does experience losses in wealth and in his children in the narrative, showing that hardship can come in many forms. But the direct act described as permitted, and kept within the boundary not to end Job’s life, is harm to his body. This focuses the test on whether Job’s faith can endure through physical suffering while maintaining trust in God.