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All Job Has Is in Satan’s Hand

(A)Now it was the day that the (B)sons of God came to stand before [a]Yahweh, and [b]Satan also came among them. And Yahweh said to Satan, “From where do you come?” Then Satan answered Yahweh and said, “(C)From roaming about on the earth and walking around on it.” Then Yahweh said to Satan, “Have you set your heart upon (D)My servant Job? For there is no one like him on the earth, (E)a blameless and upright man, [c]fearing God and turning away from evil.”

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Footnotes

  1. Job 1:6 The personal covenant name of God, a form of I AM WHO I AM, cf. Ex 3:14-15
  2. Job 1:6 Lit the adversary, so in chs 1 and 2
  3. Job 1:8 Or revering

One day the angels[a](A) came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan[b](B) also came with them.(C) The Lord said to Satan, “Where have you come from?”

Satan answered the Lord, “From roaming throughout the earth, going back and forth on it.”(D)

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

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Footnotes

  1. Job 1:6 Hebrew the sons of God
  2. Job 1:6 Hebrew satan means adversary.