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NASB | Job 1:8 The LORD said to Satan, "Have you considered My servant Job? For there is no one like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, fearing God and turning away from evil." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Job 1:8 The LORD said to Satan, "Have you considered and reflected on My servant Job? For there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, one who fears God [with reverence] and abstains from and turns away from evil [because he honors God]." |
Bible Question:
Could someone please teach me what is going on here?: KJV Job 1:8 And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? I don't understand why a Holy God, Who doesn't need to ask questions about what is inside the heart of people, would ask what was inside Satan's heart regarding His servant Job. Was God trying to convince Satan that He was worthy to be served by righteous men? Did God need Satan's recognition of His worthiness? Why was Satan's opinion so important to God? And why God decided to mess up Job's life just to prove to a depraved worthless Satan, that he was a righteous man? Wasn't God's testimony good enough to ascertain the fidelity of Job's heart? Why should He or Job need the rotten opinion of Satan himself? Very concerned, Finder |
Bible Answer: Greetings, It’s God’s way of showing Satan that he is barking up the wrong tree and with it he is able to bless Job beyond measure while still in this life. Now you can answer a question for me, one of the same nature. Why did Christ give those spirits in prison a lesson on the failure of their intended mission? 1 Peter 3:18B-20 but quickened by the Spirit: 19 By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison; 20 Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water. The left their first estate in order to corrupt the seed of mankind so that the Messiah couldn’t come in the flesh from the seed of a totally human woman, but why did Christ have to show them that the weren’t successful in their endeavor ; they didn’t deserve to know? CDBJ |