Job 1 · Verse 9

Job 1:9

Then Satan answered the Lord, and said, Doth Job fear God for nought?
Job 1:9, King James Version

Job 1:9 in other translations

BSBSatan answered the LORD, “Does Job fear God for nothing?
WEBThen Satan answered the LORD, and said, “Does Job fear God for nothing?
ASVThen Satan answered Jehovah, and said, Doth Job fear God for nought?
YLTAnd the Adversary answereth Jehovah and saith, ‘For nought is Job fearing God?
DARBYAnd Satan answered Jehovah and said, Doth Job fear God for nought?
BBEAnd the Satan said in answer to the Lord, Is it for nothing that Job is a god-fearing man?
WebsterThen Satan answered the LORD, and said, Doth Job fear God for naught?

What does Job 1:9 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
9. fear God for naught--It is a mark of the children of Satan to sneer and not give credit to any for disinterested piety. Not so much God's gifts, as God Himself is "the reward" of His people (Ge 15:1).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 9 Doth Job fear God for naught? - Thou hast made it his interest to be exemplary in his conduct: for this assertion Satan gives his reasons in what immediately follows.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 1:6-12

Job's afflictions began from the malice of Satan, by the Lord's permission, for wise and holy purposes. There is an evil spirit, the enemy of God, and of all righteousness, who is continually seeking to distress, to lead astray, and, if possible, to destroy those who love God. How far his influence may extend, we cannot say; but probably much unsteadiness and unhappiness in Christians may be ascribed to him. While…

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Job 1:9 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיַּ֧עַןvai.Ya.'anand he answeredH6030
הַשָּׂטָ֛ןha.sa.Tanthe adversaryH7854
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
יְהוָ֖הYah.wehYahwehH3068
וַיֹּאמַ֑רvai.yo.Marand he saidH559
הַֽחִנָּ֔םha.chi.Nam¿ in vainH2600
יָרֵ֥אya.Re'has he fearedH3372
אִיּ֖וֹב'i.YovJobH347
אֱלֹהִֽים\׃'E.lo.HimGodH430

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Job 1:9

  • 1 Timothy 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.

  • Matthew 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?

  • 1 Timothy 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 21:14-15

    Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?

  • 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.

  • Malachi 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 offering at your hand.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Doth Job.
21; 2:10; 21:14,15; Mal 1:10; Mt 16:26; 1Ti 4:8; 6:6

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Job 1:8

    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?

  • Job 1:9

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

  • Job 1:10

    Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.

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Job 1:9 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y respondiendo Satán á Jehová, dijo: ¿Teme Job á Dios de balde?
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et Satan répondit à l’ Éternel et dit: Est-ce pour rien que Job craint Dieu?
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und der Satan antwortete Jehova und sprach: Ist es umsonst, daß Hiob Gott fürchtet?
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Cui respondens Satan, ait: Numquid Job frustra timet Deum?