Job 1:9
Good News Translation
Satan replied, "Would Job worship you if he got nothing out of it?

New Revised Standard Version
Then Satan answered the LORD, “Does Job fear God for nothing?

Contemporary English Version
"Why shouldn't he respect you?" Satan remarked.

New American Bible
The satan answered the LORD and said, “Is it for nothing that Job is God-fearing?

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Satan answering, said: Doth Job fear God in vain?

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And Satan answering, said: Doth Job fear God in vain?

Doth Job.

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: as it hath pleased the Lord, so is it done: blessed be the name of the Lord.

Job 2:10 And he said to her: Thou hast spoken like one of the foolish women: If we have received good things at the hand of God, why should we not receive evil? In all these things Job did not sin with his lips.

Job 21:14,15 Who have said to God: Depart from us, we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. . . .

Malachi 1:10 Who is there among you, that will shut the doors, and will kindle the fire on my altar gratis? I have no pleasure in you, saith the Lord of hosts: and I will not receive a gift of your hand.

Matthew 16:26 For what doth it profit a man, if he gain the whole world and suffer the loss of his own soul? Or what exchange shall a man give for his soul?

1 Timothy 4:8 For bodily exercise is profitable to little: but godliness is profitable to all things, having promise of the life that now is and of that which is to come.

1 Timothy 6:6 But godliness with contentment is great gain.

Context
Satan's First Attack
8And the Lord said to him: Hast thou considered my servant, Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a simple and upright man, and fearing God, and avoiding evil? 9And Satan answering, said: Doth Job fear God in vain?10Hast thou not made a fence for him, and his house, and all his substance round about, blessed the works of his hands, and his possession hath increased on the earth?…
Cross References
Revelation 12:9
And that great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, who seduceth the whole world. And he was cast unto the earth: and his angels were thrown down with him.

Job 1:10
Hast thou not made a fence for him, and his house, and all his substance round about, blessed the works of his hands, and his possession hath increased on the earth?

Job 1:8
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