Job 1:9

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

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, Doth Job fear God for nought?

In Context

8And 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?

10Have 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?

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Cross References

Job 1:21With nothing I came out of my mother's body, and with nothing I will go back there; the Lord gave and the Lord has taken away; let the Lord's name be praised.

Job 21:14Though they said to God, Go away from us, for we have no desire for the knowledge of your ways.

Matthew 16:26For what profit has a man, if he gets all the world with the loss of his life? or what will a man give in exchange for his life?

1 Timothy 6:6But true faith, with peace of mind, is of great profit:

Matthew Henry on Job 1:7-13

Satan before God; Satan Permitted to Afflict Job. ( b. c. 1520.) 6 Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord , and Satan came also among them. 7 And the Lord said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered the Lord , and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it. 8 And the Lord said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and… Read the whole commentary →

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