And the Lord said unto Satan, Hast thou not considered my servant Job, how none is like him in the earth? an upright and just man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil?

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

10 Hast thou not made [b]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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Footnotes

  1. Job 1:9 He feareth thee not for thine own sake, but for the commodity that he received by thee.
  2. Job 1:10 Meaning, the grace of God, which served Job as a rampart against all tentations.

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