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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 the devil answered, and said before the Lord, Does Job worship the Lord for nothing?
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
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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
Cross-References
In [the] beginning God created the heavens and the earth,
and the earth was formless and void, and darkness [was] on the face of the deep, and the Spirit of God [was] fluttering on the face of the waters,
and God calls the light "Day," and the darkness He has called "Night"; and there is an evening, and there is a morning—[the] first day.
And God says, "Let an expanse be in the midst of the waters, and let it be separating between waters and waters."
And God calls the expanse "Heavens"; and there is an evening, and there is a morning—[the] second day.
And God says, "Let the waters under the heavens be collected to one place, and let the dry land be seen": and it is so.
And God says, "Let the earth yield tender grass, herb sowing seed, fruit-tree (whose seed [is] in itself) making fruit after its kind, on the earth": and it is so.
And God blesses them, and God says to them, "Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it, and rule over [the] fish of the sea, and over [the] bird of the heavens, and over every living thing that is creeping on the earth."
And God says, "Behold, I have given to you every herb sowing seed, which [is] on the face of all the earth, and every tree in which [is] the fruit of a tree sowing seed, to you it is for food;
Stretching out the north over desolation, || Hanging the earth on nothing,
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 ×× × "gratis", Pagninus, Montanus, Junius & Tremellius Piscator, Schmidt, Schultens.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Doth Job fear God for nought? - âIs his religion disinterested? Would not anyone be willing to worship God in such circumstances?â 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 âmay,â it is to be feared, be asked with great propriety of many professors of religion who are rich; it âshouldâ 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, âDo they fear God for nought?â 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.
