Then 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, one who fears God and shuns evil?”
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- WEB Yahweh said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant, Job? For there is no one like him in the earth, a blameless and an upright man, one who fears God, and turns away from evil.”
- KJV 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?
- BSB Then the LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job? For there is no one on earth like him, a man who is blameless and upright, who fears God and shuns evil.”
- NASB The Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job? For there is no one like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, fearing God and turning away from evil.”
- NLT 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.”
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Quick answer
God Himself draws attention to Job's unequalled righteousness, calling him "my servant." God commends the very man about to be tested.
Overview
Remarkably, God initiates the focus on Job, praising his blameless, God-fearing life. This shows that Job's trial begins not because of his sin but because of his godliness, and that God takes delight in genuine faith. The title "my servant" anticipates the ultimate righteous Servant, Christ, in whom God was well pleased and who suffered to accomplish redemption.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 27
- Job 2:3Yahweh said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? For there is no one like him in the earth, a blameless and an upright man, one who fears God, and turns away from evil. He still maintains his integrity, although you incited me against him, to ruin him without cause.”
- Job 1:1There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job. That man was blameless and upright, and one who feared God, and turned away from evil.
- Num 12:7–8My servant Moses is not so. He is faithful in all my house.
- 2 Kgs 23:25There was no king like him before him, who turned to Yahweh with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his might, according to all the law of Moses; and there was none like him who arose after him.
- Prov 8:13The fear of Yahweh is to hate evil. I hate pride, arrogance, the evil way, and the perverse mouth.
- Isa 1:16Wash yourselves, make yourself clean. Put away the evil of your doings from before my eyes. Cease to do evil.
- Job 8:20“Behold, God will not cast away a blameless man, neither will he uphold the evildoers.
- Ps 84:11For Yahweh God is a sun and a shield. Yahweh will give grace and glory. He withholds no good thing from those who walk blamelessly.
- Num 12:3Now the man Moses was very humble, more than all the men who were on the surface of the earth.
- Job 23:11–12My foot has held fast to his steps. I have kept his way, and not turned aside.
- Job 42:7–8It was so, that after Yahweh had spoken these words to Job, Yahweh said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “My wrath is kindled against you, and against your two friends; for you have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job has.
- Ps 18:23I was also blameless with him. I kept myself from my iniquity.
- Job 17:8–9Upright men shall be astonished at this. The innocent shall stir up himself against the godless.
- Isa 42:1“Behold, my servant, whom I uphold; my chosen, in whom my soul delights — I have put my Spirit on him. He will bring justice to the nations.
- Luke 23:39–40One of the criminals who was hanged insulted him, saying, “If you are the Christ, save yourself and us!”
- Job 9:22–23“It is all the same. Therefore I say he destroys the blameless and the wicked.
- 1 Kgs 4:30–31Solomon’s wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east and all the wisdom of Egypt.
- Job 12:4I am like one who is a joke to his neighbor, I, who called on God, and he answered. The just, the blameless man is a joke.
- Job 34:14If he set his heart on himself, If he gathered to himself his spirit and his breath,
- Josh 1:7Only be strong and very courageous. Be careful to observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded you. Don’t turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may have good success wherever you go.
- Ezek 40:4The man said to me, Son of man, see with your eyes, and hear with your ears, and set your heart on all that I shall show you; for, to the intent that I may show them to you, you are brought here: declare all that you see to the house of Israel.
- Ps 36:1For the Chief Musician. By David, the servant of Yahweh. An inner sanctuary is within my heart about the disobedience of the wicked: “There is no fear of God before his eyes.”
- Ps 34:14Depart from evil, and do good. seek peace, and pursue it.
- Neh 5:15But the former governors who were before me were supported by the people, and took bread and wine from them, plus forty shekels of silver; yes, even their servants ruled over the people; but I didn’t do so, because of the fear of God.
- Ps 37:27Depart from evil, and do good. Live securely forever.
- John 1:47Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and said about him, “Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom is no deceit!”
- Ps 89:20I have found David, my servant. I have anointed him with my holy oil,
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