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Job 1:9 Satan answered the LORD, "Does Job fear God for nothing?
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for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/job/1.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />“Does Job fear God for nothing?” Satan replied.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/job/1.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Satan replied to the LORD, “Yes, but Job has good reason to fear God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/job/1.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Then Satan answered the LORD and said, “Does Job fear God for no reason?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/job/1.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Satan answered the LORD, “Does Job fear God for nothing?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/job/1.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, Doth Job fear God for nought?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/job/1.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />So Satan answered the LORD and said, “Does Job fear God for nothing?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/job/1.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then Satan answered the LORD, “Does Job fear God for nothing?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/job/1.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Then Satan answered the LORD, “Does Job fear God for nothing?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/job/1.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Then Satan answered the LORD, “Does Job fear God for nothing?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/job/1.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />And Satan answered Yahweh and said, “Does Job fear God without cause?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/job/1.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Then Satan answered the LORD, “Does Job fear God for nothing?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/job/1.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Satan answered the LORD, “Does Job fear God for nothing?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/job/1.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Satan answered the LORD, “Does Job fear God for nothing?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/job/1.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Then Satan answered Jehovah, and said, Doth Job fear God for nought?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/job/1.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />"Why shouldn't he respect you?" Satan remarked. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/job/1.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, Doth Job fear God for nought?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/job/1.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Satan answered the LORD, "Haven't you given Job a reason to fear God?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/job/1.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Satan replied, "Would Job worship you if he got nothing out of it? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/job/1.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />But in response, Satan asked the LORD, "Does Job fear God for nothing? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/job/1.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Satan answered the LORD, ?Does Job fear God for nothing?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/job/1.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Then Satan answered the LORD, "Is it for nothing that Job fears God?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/job/1.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, "Does Job fear God for nothing?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/job/1.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, Doth Job fear God for naught?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/job/1.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Then Satan answered Yahweh, and said, “Does Job fear God for nothing? <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/job/1.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And Satan answers YHWH and says, “Is Job fearing God for nothing?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/job/1.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And the Adversary answereth Jehovah and saith, 'For nought is Job fearing God?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/job/1.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And the adversary will answer Jehovah and say, Did Job fear God gratuitously?<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/job/1.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And Satan answering, said: Doth Job fear God in vain ? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/job/1.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Answering him, Satan said, “Does Job fear God to no purpose?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/job/1.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />The satan answered the LORD and said, “Is it for nothing that Job is God-fearing?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/job/1.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Then Satan answered the LORD, “Does Job fear God for nothing?<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/job/1.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Then Satan answered the LORD and said, Does Job revere God for nought?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/job/1.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And Satan answered and said to LORD JEHOVAH: “Does Job worship God for nothing?<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/job/1.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Then Satan answered the LORD, and said: 'Doth Job fear God for nought?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/job/1.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Then the devil answered, and said before the Lord, Does Job worship the Lord for nothing?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/job/1-9.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XAwuD5NuZq0?start=87" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/job/1.htm">Satan's First Attack</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">8</span>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.” <span class="reftext">9</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/7854.htm" title="7854: haś·śā·ṭān (Art:: N-ms) -- From satan; an opponent; especially Satan, the arch-enemy of good.">Satan</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6030.htm" title="6030: way·ya·‘an (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To answer, respond.">answered</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD,</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: way·yō·mar (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say."></a> <a href="/hebrew/347.htm" title="347: ’î·yō·wḇ (N-proper-ms) -- A patriarch. From 'ayab; hated; Ijob, the patriarch famous for his patience.">“Does Job</a> <a href="/hebrew/3372.htm" title="3372: yā·rê (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To fear, to revere, caus, to frighten. A primitive root; to fear; morally, to revere; caus. To frighten.">fear</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕ·lō·hîm (N-mp) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">God</a> <a href="/hebrew/2600.htm" title="2600: ha·ḥin·nām (Adv) -- Out of favor. From chen; gratis, i.e. Devoid of cost, reason or advantage.">for nothing?</a> </span><span class="reftext">10</span>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.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/4-8.htm">Matthew 4:8-10</a></span><br />Again, the devil took Him to a very high mountain and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory. / “All this I will give You,” he said, “if You will fall down and worship me.” / “Away from Me, Satan!” Jesus told him. “For it is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God and serve Him only.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/4-5.htm">Luke 4:5-8</a></span><br />Then the devil led Him up to a high place and showed Him in an instant all the kingdoms of the world. / “I will give You authority over all these kingdoms and all their glory,” he said. “For it has been relinquished to me, and I can give it to anyone I wish. / So if You worship me, it will all be Yours.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/12-10.htm">Revelation 12:10</a></span><br />And I heard a loud voice in heaven saying: “Now have come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of His Christ. For the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down—he who accuses them day and night before our God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/5-8.htm">1 Peter 5:8</a></span><br />Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zechariah/3-1.htm">Zechariah 3:1-2</a></span><br />Then the angel showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, with Satan standing at his right hand to accuse him. / And the LORD said to Satan: “The LORD rebukes you, Satan! Indeed, the LORD, who has chosen Jerusalem, rebukes you! Is not this man a firebrand snatched from the fire?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/3-1.htm">Genesis 3:1-5</a></span><br />Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field that the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden?’” / The woman answered the serpent, “We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden, / but about the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden, God has said, ‘You must not eat of it or touch it, or you will die.’” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/11-14.htm">2 Corinthians 11:14-15</a></span><br />And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light. / It is not surprising, then, if his servants masquerade as servants of righteousness. Their end will correspond to their actions.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/8-44.htm">John 8:44</a></span><br />You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out his desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, refusing to uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, because he is a liar and the father of lies.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_john/3-8.htm">1 John 3:8</a></span><br />The one who practices sin is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the very start. This is why the Son of God was revealed, to destroy the works of the devil.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ephesians/6-11.htm">Ephesians 6:11-12</a></span><br />Put on the full armor of God, so that you can make your stand against the devil’s schemes. / For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this world’s darkness, and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/4-7.htm">James 4:7</a></span><br />Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/21-1.htm">1 Chronicles 21:1</a></span><br />Then Satan rose up against Israel and incited David to take a census of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/2-11.htm">2 Corinthians 2:11</a></span><br />in order that Satan should not outwit us. For we are not unaware of his schemes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/13-19.htm">Matthew 13:19</a></span><br />When anyone hears the message of the kingdom but does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is the seed sown along the path.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_timothy/3-6.htm">1 Timothy 3:6-7</a></span><br />He must not be a recent convert, or he may become conceited and fall under the same condemnation as the devil. / Furthermore, he must have a good reputation with outsiders, so that he will not fall into disgrace and into the snare of the devil.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, Does Job fear God for nothing?</p><p class="hdg">Doth Job.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/1-21.htm">Job 1:21</a></b></br> And said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/2-10.htm">Job 2:10</a></b></br> But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/21-14.htm">Job 21:14,15</a></b></br> Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/job/1-8.htm">Adversary</a> <a href="/esther/9-3.htm">Fear</a> <a href="/job/1-8.htm">Fearing</a> <a href="/nehemiah/7-2.htm">God-Fearing</a> <a href="/job/1-8.htm">Job</a> <a href="/nehemiah/4-15.htm">Naught</a> <a href="/nehemiah/4-15.htm">Nought</a> <a href="/job/1-8.htm">Satan</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/job/1-12.htm">Adversary</a> <a href="/job/3-5.htm">Fear</a> <a href="/psalms/15-4.htm">Fearing</a> <a href="/job/4-7.htm">God-Fearing</a> <a href="/job/1-14.htm">Job</a> <a href="/job/8-22.htm">Naught</a> <a href="/job/8-22.htm">Nought</a> <a href="/job/1-12.htm">Satan</a><div class="vheading2">Job 1</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/1-1.htm">The holiness, riches, and reverent care of Job for his children.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/1-6.htm">Satan, appearing before God, obtains leave to afflict Job.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/1-13.htm">Understanding of the loss of his children and goods, in his mourning Job blesses God.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-728x90-ATF --> <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-300x250-ATF --> <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-728x90-BTF --> <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-300x250-BTF --> <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-728x90-BTF2 --> <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/1.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/job/1.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Satan answered the LORD</b><br>In this phrase, Satan is depicted as having access to the heavenly court, a concept that reflects the ancient Near Eastern belief in a divine council. This setting emphasizes the sovereignty of God, who permits Satan to question Him. The role of Satan here is as the accuser, a function seen in other parts of Scripture, such as <a href="/zechariah/3.htm">Zechariah 3:1-2</a>, where Satan stands to accuse Joshua the high priest. This interaction highlights the ongoing spiritual warfare and the testing of human faith.<p><b>Does Job fear God for nothing?</b><br>This question challenges the sincerity of Job's piety, suggesting that his devotion is motivated by the blessings he receives rather than genuine reverence for God. This introduces the central theme of the book: the nature of true faith and righteousness. The question implies a transactional relationship with God, which is contrary to the biblical teaching of faith as a response to God's inherent worthiness. This theme is echoed in the New Testament, where Jesus teaches about the cost of discipleship and the call to follow Him without expectation of earthly reward (<a href="/luke/9-23.htm">Luke 9:23-25</a>). The question also foreshadows the trials Job will face, testing whether his faith is rooted in God's character or in the benefits he receives.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/job.htm">Job</a></b><br>A man described as blameless and upright, who feared God and shunned evil. He is the central human figure in the Book of Job, known for his immense faith and patience amidst suffering.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/s/satan.htm">Satan</a></b><br>The adversary who challenges Job's integrity, suggesting that Job's piety is due to God's protection and blessings rather than genuine faith.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The Almighty, who allows Satan to test Job's faith, demonstrating His sovereignty and the depth of Job's righteousness.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/h/heavenly_court.htm">Heavenly Court</a></b><br>The setting where the sons of God present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also comes among them, initiating the dialogue about Job.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/l/land_of_uz.htm">Land of Uz</a></b><br>The region where Job lived, often associated with the area east of Israel, though its exact location is uncertain.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_nature_of_true_faith.htm">The Nature of True Faith</a></b><br>True faith is not contingent on material blessings or favorable circumstances. Job's account challenges believers to examine the authenticity of their faith.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/u/understanding_spiritual_warfare.htm">Understanding Spiritual Warfare</a></b><br>Satan's role in Job's life highlights the reality of spiritual warfare. Believers must be aware of the adversary's tactics and remain steadfast in faith.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_and_permission.htm">God's Sovereignty and Permission</a></b><br>God permits trials for His purposes, which may be beyond human understanding. Trust in God's sovereignty is crucial, even when His ways are mysterious.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_value_of_integrity.htm">The Value of Integrity</a></b><br>Job's integrity is central to the account. Maintaining integrity before God, regardless of external pressures, is a vital aspect of Christian character.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/e/endurance_through_trials.htm">Endurance Through Trials</a></b><br>Job's endurance serves as an example for believers to remain faithful and patient through life's challenges, trusting in God's ultimate justice and goodness.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_job_1.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Job 1</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/can_satan_still_enter_heaven.htm">Can Satan still enter Heaven?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_accuses_the_brethren_nonstop.htm">Who accuses the brethren before God day and night?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_did_god_allow_job's_kids_to_die.htm">Job 1:18–19 – Why would God permit the deaths of Job’s children if they were not the ones being tested?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_are_the_works_of_the_devil.htm">What are the works of the devil?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/job/1.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(9) <span class= "bld">Doth Job fear God for nought?</span>--Manifesting the worst kind of scepticism, a disbelief in human goodness. Satan knows that the <span class= "ital">motive </span>of an action is its only value, and by incrimination calumniates the motives of Job. The object of the book is thus introduced, which is to exhibit the integrity of human conduct under the worst possible trial, and to show man a victor over Satan.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/job/1.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 9.</span> <span class="cmt_word">- Then Satan answered the Lord, and said, Doth Job fear God for nought?</span> Satan insinuates that Job's motive is purely selfish. He serves God, not for love of God, or for love of goodness, but for what he gets by it. Satan is too shrewd to endeavour, as Job's friends do later, to pick holes in Job's conduct. No; that is exemplary. But the true character of acts is determined by the motive. What is Job's motive? Does he not serve God to gain his protection and blessing? Similarly, in modern times, ungodly men argue that religious and devout persons are religious and devout with a view to their own interest, because they expect to gain by it, either in this world, or in the next, or in both. This is a form of calumny which it is impossible to escape. And bad men, who are conscious to themselves of never acting except from a selfish motive, may well imagine the same of others. It is rarely that such an insinuation can be disproved. In the present instance God vindicates his servant, and covers the adversary with shame, as the other adversaries and calumniators of righteousness will be covered at the last day. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/job/1-9.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Satan</span><br /><span class="heb">הַשָּׂטָ֛ן</span> <span class="translit">(haś·śā·ṭān)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7854.htm">Strong's 7854: </a> </span><span class="str2">An opponent -- Satan, the arch-enemy of good</span><br /><br /><span class="word">answered</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיַּ֧עַן</span> <span class="translit">(way·ya·‘an)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6030.htm">Strong's 6030: </a> </span><span class="str2">To answer, respond</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the LORD,</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">“Does Job</span><br /><span class="heb">אִיּ֖וֹב</span> <span class="translit">(’î·yō·wḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_347.htm">Strong's 347: </a> </span><span class="str2">Job -- a patriarch</span><br /><br /><span class="word">fear</span><br /><span class="heb">יָרֵ֥א</span> <span class="translit">(yā·rê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3372.htm">Strong's 3372: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fear, to revere, caus, to frighten</span><br /><br /><span class="word">God</span><br /><span class="heb">אֱלֹהִֽים׃</span> <span class="translit">(’ĕ·lō·hîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> </span><span class="str2">gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for nothing?</span><br /><span class="heb">הַֽחִנָּ֔ם</span> <span class="translit">(ha·ḥin·nām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2600.htm">Strong's 2600: </a> </span><span class="str2">Gratis, devoid of cost, reason, advantage</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/job/1-9.htm">Job 1:9 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/job/1-9.htm">Job 1:9 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/job/1-9.htm">Job 1:9 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/job/1-9.htm">Job 1:9 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/job/1-9.htm">Job 1:9 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/job/1-9.htm">Job 1:9 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/job/1-9.htm">Job 1:9 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/job/1-9.htm">Job 1:9 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/job/1-9.htm">Job 1:9 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/job/1-9.htm">Job 1:9 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/job/1-9.htm">OT Poetry: Job 1:9 Then Satan answered Yahweh and said Does (Jb) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/job/1-8.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 1:8"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 1:8" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/job/1-10.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 1:10"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 1:10" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>