Holy Scripture

Job 1:8

A church father on this verse
“HISTORICAL INTERPRETATION This point, viz, that blessed Job is by the voice of God called a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil, having explained above minutely and particularly, we forbear to rehearse what we have said, lest while we go over points that have been already examined, we…”
Gregory the Dialogist, 7th c. — Morals on the Book of Job, Book II

Source: Septuagint

Original

8And the Lord said to him, Hast thou diligently considered my servant Job, That there is none like him on the earth, A man blameless, true, godly, Abstaining from everything evil?

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In context

6And it came to pass on a day, That, behold, the angels of God came to stand before the Lord, And the devil came with them.

7And the Lord said to the devil, Whence art thou come? And the devil answered the Lord, and said, I am come from compassing the earth, and walking up and down in the world.

— Job 1:8 —

9Then the devil answered, and said before the Lord, Does Job worship the Lord for nothing?

10Hast thou not made a hedge about him, and about his household, And all his possessions round about? And hast thou not blessed the works of his hands, And multiplied his cattle upon the land?

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