Job 1:9

וַיַּעַן הַשָּׂטָן אֶת ־ יְהוָה וַיֹּאמַר הַֽחִנָּם יָרֵא אִיּוֹב אֱלֹהִֽים ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

8וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֶל ־ הַשָּׂטָן הֲשַׂמְתָּ לִבְּךָ עַל ־ עַבְדִּי אִיּוֹב כִּי אֵין כָּמֹהוּ בָּאָרֶץ אִישׁ תָּם וְיָשָׁר יְרֵא אֱלֹהִים וְסָר מֵרָֽע ׃

10הֲלֹֽא ־ את שַׂכְתָּ בַעֲדוֹ וּבְעַד ־ בֵּיתוֹ וּבְעַד כָּל ־ אֲשֶׁר ־ לוֹ מִסָּבִיב מַעֲשֵׂה יָדָיו בֵּרַכְתָּ וּמִקְנֵהוּ פָּרַץ בָּאָֽרֶץ ׃

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Cross References

Job 1:21וַיֹּאמֶר עָרֹם יצתי מִבֶּטֶן אִמִּי וְעָרֹם אָשׁוּב שָׁמָה יְהוָה נָתַן וַיהוָה לָקָח יְהִי שֵׁם יְהוָה מְבֹרָֽךְ ׃

Job 21:14וַיֹּאמְרוּ לָאֵל סוּר מִמֶּנּוּ וְדַעַת דְּרָכֶיךָ לֹא חָפָֽצְנוּ ׃

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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