Job
Job 1:8
8Then 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.”
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Then the LORD | יְהוָה֙ | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| said | וַיֹּ֤אמֶר | way·yō·mer | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H559 utter, say |
| to | אֶל־ | ’el- | Preposition | H413 motion to |
| Satan | הַשָּׂטָ֔ן | haś·śā·ṭān | Article; Noun - masculine singular | H7854 adversary |
| Have you considered | הֲשַׂ֥מְתָּ | hă·śam·tā | Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular | H7760 put, place, set |
| My servant | עַבְדִּ֣י | ‘aḇ·dî | Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular | H5650 slave, servant |
| Job | אִיּ֑וֹב | ’î·yō·wḇ | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H347 Job |
| For | כִּ֣י | kî | Conjunction | H3588 burning, branding |
| no one | אֵ֤ין | ’ên | Adverb | H369 nothing, nought |
| on earth | בָּאָ֔רֶץ | bā·’ā·reṣ | Preposition-b, Article; Noun - feminine singular | H776 earth, land |
| like him | כָּמֹ֙הוּ֙ | kā·mō·hū | Preposition; third person masculine singular | H3644 like, as, when |
| a man | אִ֣ישׁ | ’îš | Noun - masculine singular | H376 man |
| blameless | תָּ֧ם | tām | Adjective - masculine singular | H8535 complete |
| and upright | וְיָשָׁ֛ר | wə·yā·šār | Conjunctive waw; Adjective - masculine singular | H3477 straight, right |
| who fears | יְרֵ֥א | yə·rê | Adjective - masculine singular construct | H3373 fear |
| God | אֱלֹהִ֖ים | ’ĕ·lō·hîm | Noun - masculine plural | H430 God |
| and shuns | וְסָ֥ר | wə·sār | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular | H5493 turn aside |
| evil | מֵרָֽע׃ | mê·rā‘ | Preposition-m; Adjective - masculine singular | H7451 bad, evil |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Job 2:3 · Job 1:1 · Proverbs 8:13 · Numbers 12:7–8 · 2 Kings 23:25 · Isaiah 1:16 · Job 8:20 · Job 23:11–12 · Numbers 12:3 · Psalm 84:11 · Job 42:7–8 · Job 9:22–23
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.