Job 1:7-9
Living Bible
7 “Where have you come from?” the Lord asked Satan.
And Satan replied, “From earth, where I’ve been watching everything that’s going on.”
8 Then the Lord asked Satan, “Have you noticed my servant Job? He is the finest man in all the earth—a good man[a] who fears God and will have nothing to do with evil.”
9 “Why shouldn’t he when you pay him so well?” Satan scoffed.
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- Job 1:8 a good man, implied.
Job 1:7-9
King James Version
7 And the Lord said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered the Lord, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.
8 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?
9 Then Satan answered the Lord, and said, Doth Job fear God for nought?
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Job 1:7-9
New International Version
7 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.”(A)
8 Then the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job?(B) There is no one on earth like him; he is blameless and upright, a man who fears God(C) and shuns evil.”(D)
9 “Does Job fear God for nothing?”(E) Satan replied.
Job 1:7-9
New King James Version
7 And the Lord said to [a]Satan, “From where do you come?”
So Satan answered the Lord and said, “From (A)going to and fro on the earth, and from walking back and forth on it.”
8 Then the Lord said to Satan, “Have you [b]considered My servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, one who fears God and [c]shuns evil?”
9 So Satan answered the Lord and said, “Does Job fear God for nothing?
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