Job 1:9
Satan answered the LORD, “Does Job fear God for nothing?
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ASV
Then Satan answered Jehovah, and said, Doth Job fear God for nought?
KJV
Then Satan answered the Lord, and said, Doth Job fear God for nought?
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9 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וַיַּ֧עַן | vai.Ya.'an | and he answered | H6030 → |
| הַשָּׂטָ֛ן | ha.sa.Tan | the adversary | H7854 → |
| אֶת־ | 'et- | <obj.> | H853 → |
| יְהוָ֖ה | Yah.weh | Yahweh | H3068 → |
| וַיֹּאמַ֑ר | vai.yo.Mar | and he said | H559 → |
| הַֽחִנָּ֔ם | ha.chi.Nam | ¿ in vain | H2600 → |
| יָרֵ֥א | ya.Re' | has he feared | H3372 → |
| אִיּ֖וֹב | 'i.Yov | Job | H347 → |
| אֱלֹהִֽים׃ | 'E.lo.Him | God | H430 → |
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