Job 2:3

And Hashem said unto HaSatan, Hast thou considered in your meditation Avdi (My Servant) Iyov, that there is none like him in ha'aretz, ish tam and yashar, yire Elohim, and shunning rah? And still he holdeth fast his integrity, although thou inciteth Me against him, to ruin him for no reason.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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 escheweth evil? and still he holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroy him without cause.

In Context

2And Hashem said unto HaSatan, From where comest thou? And HaSatan answered Hashem, and said, From going to and fro through ha'aretz, and from walking up and down in it.

4And HaSatan answered Hashem, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that an ish hath will he give for his nefesh.

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Cross References

Genesis 6:9These are the toldot of Noach; Noach was an ish tzaddik and tamim among those of his time, and Noachʼs halachah was with HaElohim.

Job 1:1There was an ish in Eretz Utz, shmo Iyov; and that ish was blameless and yashar, and yire Elohim, and shunned evil.

Job 1:8And Hashem said unto HaSatan, Hast thou considered in thy heart avdi Iyov, that there is none like him in ha'aretz, a perfect and a yashar ish, yire Elohim, and shunneth evil?

Job 1:21And said, Arom came I out of beten immi, and arom shall I return there; Hashem gave, and Hashem hath taken away; yehi Shem Hashem mevorach.

Job 9:20If etzdak (I am justified, in the right), mine own mouth would condemn me; 1 if I say, I am blameless, He would prove me perverse. 1

Job 27:5Far be it from me I should justify you; 1 till I die I will not remove 1 mine tom (integrity) from me. 1

Matthew Henry on Job 2:2-7

Satan Again Permitted to Afflict Job. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord , and Satan came also among them to present himself before the Lord . 2 And the Lord said unto Satan, From whence comest thou? And Satan answered the Lord , and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it. 3 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… Read the whole commentary →

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