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Job 1:9

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

KJV

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

Vulgate

ἀπεκρίθη δὲ ὁ διάβολος καὶ εἶπεν ἐναντίον τοῦ κυρίου Μὴ δωρεὰν σέβεται Ἰὼβ τὸν κύριον;

LXX

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

ASV

וַ/יַּ֧עַן הַ/שָּׂטָ֛ן אֶת יְהוָ֖ה וַ/יֹּאמַ֑ר הַֽ/חִנָּ֔ם יָרֵ֥א אִיּ֖וֹב אֱלֹהִֽים

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אִיּ֗וֹב
'yvb
proper_noun · 58×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
חִנָּ֑ם
chnm
adverb · 32×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
נִי
ny
verb · 325×
שָּׂטָ֔ן
shtn
noun · 27×
תִּירָ֖א
tyr'
verb · 325×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Tim 4:8 — For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.
  • 1Tim 6:6 — But godliness with contentment is great gain.
  • Job 1:21 — 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.
  • Job 2:10 — 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.
  • Job 21:14 — Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.
  • Mal 1:10 — Who is there even among you that would shut the doors for nought? neither do ye kindle fire on mine altar for nought. I have no pleasure in you, saith the LORD of hosts, neither will I accept an offer
  • Matt 4:3 — And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.
  • Matt 16:26 — For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
  • Rev 12:10 — And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused the
  • Rom 8:33 — Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God’s elect? It is God that justifieth.