Job 1:8
Then 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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ASV
And Jehovah said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job? for there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and turneth away from evil.
KJV
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?
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Commentary
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20 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֹּ֤אמֶר | vai.Yo.mer | and he said | H559 → |
| יְהוָה֙ | Yah.weh | Yahweh | H3068 → |
| אֶל־ | 'el- | to | H413 → |
| הַשָּׂטָ֔ן | ha.sa.Tan | the adversary | H7854 → |
| הֲשַׂ֥מְתָּ | ha.Sam.ta | ¿ have you set | H7760 → |
| לִבְּךָ֖ | li.be.Kha | heart your | H3820 → |
| עַל־ | 'al- | on | H5921 → |
| עַבְדִּ֣י | 'av.Di | servant my | H5650 → |
| אִיּ֑וֹב | 'i.Yov | Job | H347 → |
| כִּ֣י | ki | for | H3588 → |
| אֵ֤ין | 'ein | there not | H369 → |
| כָּמֹ֙הוּ֙ | ka.Mo.hu | [is] like him | H3644 → |
| בָּאָ֔רֶץ | ba.'A.retz | on the earth | H776 → |
| אִ֣ישׁ | 'ish | a man | H376 → |
| תָּ֧ם | tam | blameless | H8535 → |
| וְיָשָׁ֛ר | ve.ya.Shar | and upright | H3477 → |
| יְרֵ֥א | ye.Re' | fearing | H3373 → |
| אֱלֹהִ֖ים | 'E.lo.Him | <of> God | H430 → |
| וְסָ֥ר | ve.Sar | and [who] turns aside | H5493 → |
| מֵרָֽע׃ | me.Ra' | from evil | H7451 → |
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