^1:8So the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered⁴⁰ my servant Job? There⁴¹ is no one like him on the earth, a pure and upright man, one who fears God and turns away⁴² from evil.”

^1:9Then Satan answered the Lord, “Is it for nothing that Job fears God?⁴³

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Footnotes

40 The Hebrew has “have you placed your heart on Job?” This means “direct your mind to” (cf. 963 I שׂוּם 2.b). The question is undoubtedly rhetorical, for it is designed to make Satan aware of Job as God extols his fine qualities.
41 The Hebrew conjunction כִּי (ki) need not be translated in this case or it might be taken as emphatic (cf. §39.3.4e): “Certainly there is no one like him.”
42 The same expressions that appeared at the beginning of the chapter appear here in the words of God. In contrast to that narrative report about Job, the emphasis here is on Job’s present character, and so the participle form is translated here asa gnomic or characteristic present (“turns”). It modifies “man” as one who is turning from evil.
43 The Hebrew form has the interrogative ה (he) on the adverb חִנָּם (khinnam, “gratis”), a derivative either of the verb חָנַן (khanan, “to be gracious, show favor”), or its related noun חֵן (khen, “grace, favor”). The adverb has the sense of “free; gratis; gratuitously; for nothing; for no reason” (see 336 חִנָּם). The idea is that Satan does not disagree that Job is pious, but that Job is loyal to God because of what he receives from God. He will test the sincerity of Job.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

And the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, who fears God and turns away from evil?” Then Satan answered the Lord and said, “Does Job fear God for no reason?

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Then the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one on earth like him; he is blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil.”

“Does Job fear God for nothing?” Satan replied.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Then the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? No one else on earth is like him, a man of perfect integrity, who fears God and turns away from evil.”

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

NLTNew Living Translation

Then the Lord asked Satan, “Have you noticed my servant Job? He is the finest man in all the earth. He is blameless—a man of complete integrity. He fears God and stays away from evil.”

Satan replied to the Lord, “Yes, but Job has good reason to fear God.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

So Yahweh said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? Indeed, there is no one like him on the earth—a blameless man and upright and God-fearing and turning away from evil.”

Then Satan answered Yahweh and said, “Does Job fear God for nothing?

KJV 1900King James Version

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

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