Job 1:9

“Is it for nothing that Job respects God?” Satan answered. “You've placed a protective fence around him and his family—in fact around everything he has.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

8“Have you paid attention to Job, my servant?” asked the Lord. “There's no one like him on earth, a man of integrity who does what is right, who respects God and avoids evil.”

10You have blessed everything he does. His flocks and herds have increased so much they fill the whole land!

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Cross References

Job 1:21“I was naked when I came out of my mother's womb, and I shall be naked when I leave,” he said. “The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away. May the Lord's name be honored.”

Job 21:14Yet they tell God, ‘Get lost! We don't want anything to do with you.

Matthew 16:26What benefit is it for you to gain the whole world, yet lose your life? What would you give in exchange for your life?

1 Timothy 6:6But knowing and following God is so incredibly satisfying!

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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