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Brenton's Septuagint
Job 1:9
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Satan answered the Lord, “Does Job fear God for nothing?
Then Hasatan answered the LORD, and said, "Does Iyov fear God for nothing?
Then Satan answered the Lord , and said, Doth Job fear God for nought?
Then Satan answered the Lord and said, "Does Job fear God for no reason?
But Satan answered the Lord , "Job honors God for a good reason.
Then Satan answered the Lord , "Is it for nothing that Job fears God?
Then Satan answered the LORD, "Does Job fear God for nothing?
Then Satan answered the LORD, "Does Job fear God for nothing?
Then Satan answered Yahweh, and said, "Does Job fear God for nothing?
Then Satan answered the Lord, and sayde, Doeth Iob feare God for nought?
And Satan answered Yahweh and said, "Does Job fear God without cause?
Satan answered the LORD, "Does Job fear God for nothing?
"Why shouldn't he respect you?" Satan remarked.
The Adversary answered Adonai , "Is it for nothing that Iyov fears God?
And Satan answered Jehovah and said, Doth Job fear God for nought?
Satan answered the Lord , "But Job has a good reason to respect you.
Then Satan answered the LORD and said, Does Job revere God for nought?
Satan replied, "Would Job worship you if he got nothing out of it?
Then Satan answered Yahweh and said, "Does Job fear God for nothing?
And Satan answered Jehovah and said, Does Job fear God for nothing?
Sathan answered, and sayde vnto the LORDE: Doth Iob feare God for naught?
Then Satan answered Jehovah, and said, Doth Job fear God for nought?
And the Satan said in answer to the Lord, Is it for nothing that Job is a god-fearing man?
Satan aunswered, and saide vnto the Lorde: Doth Iob feare God for naught?
Then Satan answered the LORD, and said: 'Doth Job fear God for nought?
Then Satan answered ye Lord, and sayd, Doeth Iob feare God for nought?
Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, Doth Job fear God for nought?
To whom Sathan answeride, Whether Joob dredith God veynli?
Then Satan answered Yahweh, and said, Does Job fear God for nothing?
Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, Doth Job fear God for naught?
So Satan answered the LORD and said, "Does Job fear God for nothing?
Satan replied to the Lord , "Yes, but Job has good reason to fear God.
Then Satan answered the Lord, "Does Job fear God for nothing?
Then Satan answered the Lord , "Does Job fear God for nothing?
And the accuser answered Yahweh, and said, Is it, for nought, that Job revereth God?
And Satan answering, said: Doth Job fear God in vain?
Then Satan answered the LORD, "Does Job fear God for nought?
And the Adversary answereth Jehovah and saith, `For nought is Job fearing God?
Satan retorted, "So do you think Job does all that out of the sheer goodness of his heart? Why, no one ever had it so good! You pamper him like a pet, make sure nothing bad ever happens to him or his family or his possessions, bless everything he does—he can't lose!
Then Satan answered the LORD, "Does Job fear God for nothing?
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Doth Job: Job 1:21, Job 2:10, Job 21:14, Job 21:15, Malachi 1:10, Matthew 16:26, 1 Timothy 4:8, 1 Timothy 6:6
Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 32:29 - possessions Job 4:6 - thy fear Jonah 1:9 - and I Matthew 4:3 - the tempter Romans 8:33 - Who Revelation 12:10 - the accuser
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In the beginning God made the heaven and the earth.
But the earth was unsightly and unfurnished, and darkness was over the deep, and the Spirit of God moved over the water.
And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night, and there was evening and there was morning, the first day.
And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the water, and let it be a division between water and water, and it was so.
And God called the firmament Heaven, and God saw that it was good, and there was evening and there was morning, the second day.
And God said, Let the water which is under the heaven be collected into one place, and let the dry land appear, and it was so. And the water which was under the heaven was collected into its places, and the dry land appeared.
And God said, Let the earth bring forth the herb of grass bearing seed according to its kind and according to its likeness, and the fruit-tree bearing fruit whose seed is in it, according to its kind on the earth, and it was so.
And God blessed them, saying, Increase and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the seas and flying creatures of heaven, and all the cattle and all the earth, and all the reptiles that creep on the earth.
And God said, Behold I have given to you every seed-bearing herb sowing seed which is upon all the earth, and every tree which has in itself the fruit of seed that is sown, to you it shall be for food.
He stretches out the north wind upon nothing, and he upon nothing hangs the earth;
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Then Satan answered the Lord, and said, doth Job fear God for nought. Satan does not deny any part of Job's character, nor directly charge him with anyone sin; which shows what a holy man Job was, how exact in his life and conversation, that the devil could not allege any one thing against him; nor does he deny that he feared the Lord; nay, he owns it, only suggests there was a private reason for it; and this he dares not affirm, only puts it by way of question, giving an innuendo, which is a wretched way of slander many of his children have learnt from him: he insinuates that Job's fear of God, and serving him, was not "for nought", or "freely" s, it was not out of love to him, or with any regard to his will, or his honour and glory, but from selfish principles, with mercenary views, and for worldly ends and purposes: indeed no man fears and serves the Lord for nought and in vain, he is well paid for it; and godliness has a great gain along with it, the Lord bestows everything, both in a temporal and spiritual way, on them that fear him; so that eventually, and in the issue, they are great gainers by it; and they may lawfully look to these things, in order to encourage them in the service and worship of God, even as Moses had respect to the recompence of reward; when they do not make these, but the will and glory of God, the sole and chief cause and end thereof: but the intimation of Satan is, that Job's fear was merely outward and hypocritical, nor cordial, hearty, and disinterested, but was entirely for his own sake, and for what he got by it; and this he said as if he knew better than God himself, the searcher of hearts, who had before given such an honourable character of him. Sephorno observes, that he supposes that his fear was not a fear of the greatness of God, a reverence of his divine Majesty, but a fear of punishment; or what we call a servile fear, and not a filial one.
s חנם "gratis", Pagninus, Montanus, Junius & Tremellius Piscator, Schmidt, Schultens.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Doth Job fear God for nought? - “Is his religion disinterested? Would not anyone be willing to worship God in such circumstances?” The idea is that there was nothing genuine about his piety; that religion could not be tried in prosperity; that Job had an abundant compensation for serving God, and that if the favors conferred on him were taken away, he would be like the rest of mankind. Much of the apparent virtue and religion of the world is the result of circumstances, and the question here proposed “may,” it is to be feared, be asked with great propriety of many professors of religion who are rich; it “should” be asked by every professed friend of the Most High, whether his religion is not selfish and mercenary. Is it because God has blessed us with great earthly advantages? Is it the result of mere gratitude? Is it because he has preserved us in peril, or restored us from sickness? Or is it merely because we hope for heaven, and serve God because we trust he will reward us in a future world? All this may be the result of mere selfishness; and of all such persons it may be appropriately asked, “Do they fear God for nought?” True religion is not mere gratitude, nor is it the result of circumstances. It is the love of religion for its own sake - not for reward; it is because the service of God is right in itself, and not merely because heaven is full of glory; it is because God is worthy of our affections and confidence, and not merely because he will bless us - and this religion will live through all external changes, and survive the destruction of the world. It will flourish in poverty as well as when surrounded by affluence; on a bed of pain as well as in vigorous health; when we are calumniated and despised for our attachment to it, as well as when the incense of flattery is burned around us, and the silvery tones of praise fall on our ear; in the cottage as well as the palace; on the pallet of straw as well as on the bed of down.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Job 1:9. Doth Job fear God for naught? — Thou hast made it his interest to be exemplary in his conduct: for this assertion Satan gives his reasons in what immediately follows.
