Job 1:9

Translations

Modern

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

Traditional

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

Literal

And Satan answered YHWH and said, “Does Job fear God for nothing?

Latin

Cui respondens Satan, ait: Numquid Job frustra timet Deum?

Original

Hebrew

English

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

Notes

Job 1:9–11

Job has a good reason (Hebrew khinnam; see study note on 2:3) to fear God. The wisdom tradition connects being religious with prosperity. Satan suggested that Job's dedication to God depended on his wealth.

Job 1:1–2:13

God and Satan agree to test Job, which causes his troubles and confirms his integrity (1:20–21; 2:10). None of the book's characters ever learn of this council in heaven.

Theme notes and profiles

Satan Divine Sovereignty and Human Responsibility God or Satan? God Protects His Servant Jesus and Satan Job’s Innocence

Events

Job's Trial

Related verses

1 Timothy 4:8
For physical exercise is of limited value, but godliness is valuable in every way, holding promise for the present life and for the one to come.
Matthew 16:26
What will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?
Job 21:14–15
Yet they say to God: ‘Leave us alone! For we have no desire to know Your ways.
Job 1:21
…saying: “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will return. The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away. Blessed be the name of the LORD.”
1 Timothy 6:6
Of course, godliness with contentment is great gain.
Job 2:10
“You speak as a foolish woman speaks,” he told her. “Should we accept from God only good and not adversity?” In all this, Job did not sin in what he said.
Malachi 1:10
“Oh, that one of you would shut the temple doors, so that you would no longer kindle useless fires on My altar! I take no pleasure in you,” says the LORD of Hosts, “and I will accept no offering from your hands.

People

Job: A righteous man who endured great suffering Satan: The adversary, the devil, the tempter of humanity

Glossary

Apocalyptic Book of Job Power Satan

Topics

False Accusation: Incidents Illustrative of Satan Falsely Accuses Job Falsehood in Impugning Job's Motives for Being Righteous God: Preserver: Hezekiah Motive: Misunderstood: Job's, in his Righteousness Persecution of the Righteous Satan: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To Selfishness: Saints Falsely Accused of Temptation: A Test Temptation: Permitted As a Trial of Disinterestedness The Devil: Character of Malignant

Job 1:9

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