Job 1:8

"The LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant, Job? For there is no one like him in the earth, a blameless and an upright man, one who fears God, and turns away from evil.”"

Key Reflection

This passage highlights Job's exemplary character, emphasizing his unwavering faithfulness to God and moral integrity. Through Satan’s challenge against Job, it underscores how even trials cannot shake the foundation of Job's devotion, showcasing his unique standing before God among humanity.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Hast thou considered my servant Job? -Margin, “Set thine heart on.” The margin is a literal translation of the Hebrew. Schultens remarks on this, that it means more than merely to observe or to look at - since it is abundantly manifest from the following verses that Satan “had” attentively considered Job, and had been desirous of injuring him. It means, according to him, to set himself against Job, to fix the heart on him with an intention to injure him, and yahweh means to ask whether Satan had done this. But it seems more probable that the phrase means to consider “attentively,” and that God means to ask him whether he had carefully observed him.

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