Verse 8
Job 1:8
Free Bible Version
8
“Is it for nothing that Job respects God (Elohim)?” Satan answered. “You've placed a protective fence around him and his family—in fact around everything he has.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר יְהוָה֙ אֶל הַ/שָּׂטָ֔ן הֲ/שַׂ֥מְתָּ לִבְּ/ךָ֖ עַל עַבְדִּ֣/י אִיּ֑וֹב כִּ֣י אֵ֤ין כָּמֹ֨/הוּ֙ בָּ/אָ֔רֶץ אִ֣ישׁ תָּ֧ם וְ/יָשָׁ֛ר יְרֵ֥א אֱלֹהִ֖ים וְ/סָ֥ר מֵ/רָֽע
English Translation
And the LORD said to the Satan, “Have you set your heart against My servant Job? For there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man who fears God and turns away from evil.”
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
Done.
Sign in to save notes and annotations.
Chapter 1 Context
1
Once there was a man called Job who lived in the land of Uz. He was a man of integrity who did what...
Focus ↗
2
He owned seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred teams of oxen, and five hundred f...
Focus ↗
3
Job's sons used to take turns holding feasts in their homes on their specific day, also inviting the...
Focus ↗
4
When the days of feasting were over, Job would send for them and purify them by getting up early in...
Focus ↗
5
One day the angels came to present themselves to the Lord, and Satan came with them.
Focus ↗
6
The Lord asked Satan, “What have you been doing?” “Traveling around on earth, going here and there,”...
Focus ↗
7
“Have you paid attention to Job, my servant?” asked the Lord. “There's no one like him on earth, a m...
Focus ↗
8
“Is it for nothing that Job respects God (Elohim)?” Satan answered. “You've placed a protective fenc...
9
You have blessed everything he does. His flocks and herds have increased so much they fill the whole...
Focus ↗
10
But if you reach out and take everything he has, he will definitely curse you to your face.”
Focus ↗
11
The Lord told Satan, “Very well, you have the power to do whatever you want to everything he has, bu...
Focus ↗
12
The day came when while Job's sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest broth...
Focus ↗
13
a messenger came to Job and told him, “As the oxen were plowing and female donkeys were grazing near...
Focus ↗
14
the Sabeans attacked and took them, killing the herdsmen. Only I escaped to bring you this news.”
Focus ↗
15
While he was still speaking another messenger arrived and said, “The fire of God (Elohim) fell from...
Focus ↗
16
While he was still speaking another messenger arrived and said, “Three armed companies of Chaldeans...
Focus ↗
17
While he was still speaking another messenger arrived and said, “Your sons and daughters were eating...
Focus ↗
18
when all of a sudden a tremendous wind came in from the desert. It hit the house on all four sides s...
Focus ↗
19
Then Job stood up and tore his robe. Then cut off his hair and fell to the ground in worship.
Focus ↗
20
“I was naked when I came out of my mother's womb, and I shall be naked when I leave,” he said. “The...
Focus ↗
21
In all of this Job did not sin, nor blame God (Elohim).
Focus ↗