Job 1:9

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The book opens with Job as a blameless and wealthy man, and then moves to a scene in heaven where God points to him as an example. The accuser, called Satan, challenges God's assessment.

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Job 1:21saying: “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will return. The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away. Blessed be the name of the LORD.”
Job 2:3Then 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. He still retains his integrity, even though you incited Me against him to ruin him without cause.”
Habakkuk 3:17Though the fig tree does not bud and no fruit is on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though the sheep are cut off from the fold and no cattle are in the stalls,

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

Satan answered the LORD, “Does Job fear God for nothing?

World English Bible (WEB)

Then Satan answered Yahweh, and said, “Does Job fear God for nothing?

King James Version (KJV)

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

American Standard Version (ASV)

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

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

And the Satan said in answer to the Lord, Is it for nothing that Job is a god-fearing man?

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

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Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

Y respondiendo Satán á Jehová, dijo: ¿Teme Job á Dios de balde?

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

―¿Y cómo no habría de serlo si lo recompensas tan bien? —dijo burlonamente el acusador—.

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Job 1:9

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