Bible Strands
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.”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Yahweh speaks to "the adversary" in a divine council, the moment after Satan reports from patrolling the earth and before his challenge in v. 9.
The words — הַשָּׂטָן (haśśāṭān) is "the adversary," a functional title with the definite article, not a proper name. The verb הֲשַׁמְתָּ (hāśam̄tā) means "have you set [your heart]," a deliberate fixing of attention rather than a casual notice.
The thread — Job 2:3 repeats the formula nearly verbatim after the first round of testing; Job 1:1 is the narrative statement this verse quotes. Numbers 12:7 applies the same "my servant" language to Moses.
Why it lands — The text places a divine commendation directly in front of a challenge, forcing the reader to see that "blameless and upright" is not a static description but a proposition to be tested. It asks the reader to hold the standard and watch what happens when it is applied.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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?
Cross-references
- Job 2:3 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. He still retains his integrity, even though you incited Me against him to ruin him without cause.”
- Job 1:1 There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. And this man was blameless and upright, fearing God and shunning evil.
- Numbers 12:7 But this is not so with My servant Moses; he is faithful in all My house.
- Proverbs 8:13 To fear the LORD is to hate evil; I hate arrogant pride, evil conduct, and perverse speech.
- 2 Kings 23:25 Neither before nor after Josiah was there any king like him, who turned to the LORD with all his heart and with all his soul and with all his strength, according to all the Law of Moses.
- Job 8:20 Behold, God does not reject the blameless, nor will He strengthen the hand of evildoers.
- Isaiah 1:16 Wash and cleanse yourselves. Remove your evil deeds from My sight. Stop doing evil!
- Numbers 12:3 Now Moses was a very humble man, more so than any man on the face of the earth.
- Job 23:11 My feet have followed in His tracks; I have kept His way without turning aside.
- Psalms 84:11 For the LORD God is a sun and a shield; the LORD gives grace and glory; He withholds no good thing from those who walk with integrity.