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Job 1:9

Then Satan answered the Lord and said, Doth Job fear God for naught? That is, Dost Thou suppose he is pious and God-fearing without good reason, without reward or profit? Satan's sneering implication was, of course, that Job feared God only because he had been so abundantly blessed with wealth and honor, that it was only this fact which caused him to feign a piety which he did not really feel.

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See also Job 1:9 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Job 1:9. _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....

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    DOTH JOB FEAR GOD FOR NOUGHT? - “Is his religion disinterested? Would not anyone be willing to worship God in such circumstances?” The idea is that there was nothing genuine about his piety; that reli...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    II. THE CONTROVERSY BETWEEN JEHOVAH AND SATAN AND THE RESULTS CHAPTER 1:6-22 _ 1. A scene in heaven, Jehovah's challenge and Satan's, accusation (Job 1:6)_ 2. Satan's power manifested (Job 1:13) 3...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    The disinterestedness of Job's piety is brought into question by the Satan in the council of heaven. We are now to see how misfortune may come absolutely unprovoked by sin. The sons of God, who come t...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    DOTH JOB... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._ App-6....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _for nought_ Satan does not dispute Job's piety; only, the devotion of the rich landowner to the Bountiful Giver of all good is not ill to understand! A different estimate of what true religion is and...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The disinterestedness of Job's piety brought under suspicion by the Adversary in the Council of Heaven After the scene of happiness and piety presented by Job's home on earth, the Poet draws the veil...

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    DISCOURSE: 450 UNCHARITABLE JUDGMENT REPROVED Job 1:9. _Then Satan answered the Lord, and said, Doth Job fear God for nought?_ WELL has it been asked, “Who can stand before envy?” This vile principle...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _THEN SATAN ANSWERED THE LORD, AND SAID, DOTH JOB FEAR GOD FOR NOUGHT?_ Fear God for nought? It is a mark of the children of Satan to sneer and not give credit to any for disinterested piety. Selfish...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE PROLOGUE Job 1:2, which form the Prologue to the book, describe (_a_) the prosperity and piety of Job; (_b_) a scene in heaven in which the Satan questions the motives of his piety; and (_c_) his...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    The principles of Job's conduct are questioned. Perhaps his integrity is only skin deep. Will he continue his righteous life if he is called on to suffer? 10. AN HEDGE] i.e. God's protecting care....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יַּ֧עַן הַ שָּׂטָ֛ן אֶת ־יְהוָ֖ה וַ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, Doth Job fear God for (p) nought? (p) He fears you not for your own sake, but for the blessing that he received from you....

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _In vain, without recompense. (Haydock)_...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

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  • John Brown Commentaries Selected Books of the Bible

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  • John Darby's Synopsis

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  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

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  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

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  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Mark Dunagan Commentaries

    "THEN SATAN ANSWERED THE LORD, 'DOES JOB FEAR GOD FOR NOTHING?...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

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  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    i.e. Sincerely and freely, and out of pure love and respect to thee? No. It is policy, not piety, that makes him good; he doth not serve thee, but serveth himself of thee, and is a mere mercenary, ser...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Job 1:9 Satan H7854 answered H6030 (H8799) LORD H3068 said H559 (H8799) Job H347 fear H3372 (H88

  • Scofield's Bible Commentary

    FEAR (_ See Scofield) - (Psalms 19:9). _...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Job 1:9 I. Selfishness is not the essence of human nature as presented in the Bible. Satan denies that there is unselfishness in Job, who is described as a "righteous man, who feared God and eschewed...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Job 1:8 Among the mysteries of God's providence there is perhaps no mystery greater than the law by which suffering is meted out in the world. It is not a mystery that sin should bring forth sorrow; i...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

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  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Job 1:6. _Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them._ Angels and all kinds of intelligent spirits had, as it were, a special,...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Job 1:1. _There was a man in the land of Uz,_ Job was a man indeed; a true man, a man of the highest type, for he was a man of God. Job 1:1. _Whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Job's family and their piety. Satan's challenge and the calamities that befell Job. CHARACTERS: God, Satan, Job. CONCLUSION: God allows Satan power over His saints but it is always limited...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • The Biblical Illustrator

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  • The Biblical Illustrator

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  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

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  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

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  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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  • The Pulpit Commentaries

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  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

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  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Timothy 4:8; 1 Timothy 6:6; Job 1:21; Job 2:10; Job 21:14;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    For nought — Out of pure love and respect to thee? No. It is policy, not piety, that makes him good; he doth not serve thee, but serveth himself of thee, serving thee for his own ends....

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