Job 1:8 (GNV)

Passage

And the Lord saide vnto Satan, Hast thou not considered my seruant Iob, how none is like him in the earth? an vpright and iust man, one that feareth God, and escheweth euill?

Nearby Context

Job 1:6 Nowe on a day when the children of God came and stoode before the Lord, Satan came also among them.

Job 1:7 Then the Lord sayde vnto Satan, Whence commest thou? And Satan answered the Lord, saying, From compassing the earth to and from, and from walking in it.

Job 1:8 And the Lord saide vnto Satan, Hast thou not considered my seruant Iob, how none is like him in the earth? an vpright and iust man, one that feareth God, and escheweth euill?

Job 1:9 Then Satan answered the Lord, and sayde, Doeth Iob feare God for nought?

Job 1:10 Hast thou not made an hedge about him and about his house, and about all that he hath on euery side? thou hast blessed the worke of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "lord", "saide", "vnto", "satan", "hast", "thou", "considered", and "seruant". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "lord" and "saide", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 7's "Then the Lord sayde vnto Satan Whence..." into verse 9's "Then Satan answered the Lord and sayde...", so "lord" and "saide" belong inside that flow. In Job context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "lord" and "saide" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.