Job 1:8

6 One day the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came with them.

7 “Where have you come from?” said the LORD to Satan. “From roaming through the earth,” he replied, “and walking back and forth in it.”

Then the LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job? For there is no one on earth like him, a man who is blameless and upright, who fears God and shuns evil.”

9 Satan answered the LORD, “Does Job fear God for nothing?

10 Have You not placed a hedge on every side around him and his household and all that he owns? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Then the LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job? For there is no one on earth like him, a man who is blameless and upright, who fears God and shuns evil.”
KJV
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?
WEB
The LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant, Job? For there is no one like him on the earth, a blameless and an upright man, one who fears God, and turns away from evil.”
ASV
And Jehovah said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job? for there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and turneth away from evil.
DARBY
And Jehovah said to Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God and abstaineth from evil?
BLB
And YHWH said to Satan, “Have you set your heart upon My servant Job, how there is no one like him on the earth, a man blameless and upright, fearing God and turning aside from evil?”
ÅB
Da sa Herren til Satan: Har du gitt akt på min tjener Job? For det er ingen på jorden som han - en ulastelig og rettskaffen mann, som frykter Gud og viker fra det onde.
OTB
Da sa Herren til Satan: "Har du lagt merke til min tjener Job? Det er ingen som ham på jorden; han er ulastelig og rettskaffen, en mann som frykter Gud og unngår det onde."
B1930
Da sa Herren til Satan: Har du gitt akt på min tjener Job? For det er ingen på jorden som han - en ulastelig og rettskaffen mann, som frykter Gud og viker fra det onde.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Job 2:3

    Then the LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job? For there is no one on earth like him, a man who is blameless and upright, who fears God and shuns evil. He still retains his integrity, even though you incited Me against him to ruin him without cause.”

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  • Job 1:1

    There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. And this man was blameless and upright, fearing God and shunning evil.

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  • Proverbs 8:13

    To fear the LORD is to hate evil; I hate arrogant pride, evil conduct, and perverse speech.

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  • Numbers 12:7–8

    But this is not so with My servant Moses; he is faithful in all My house.

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  • 2 Kings 23:25

    Neither before nor after Josiah was there any king like him, who turned to the LORD with all his heart and with all his soul and with all his strength, according to all the Law of Moses.

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  • Isaiah 1:16

    Wash and cleanse yourselves. Remove your evil deeds from My sight. Stop doing evil!

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  • Job 8:20

    Behold, God does not reject the blameless, nor will He strengthen the hand of evildoers.

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  • Job 23:11–12

    My feet have followed in His tracks; I have kept His way without turning aside.

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