Job 1:9 (WEB)

Passage

Then Satan answered Yahweh, and said, “Does Job fear God for nothing?

Nearby Context

Job 1:7 Yahweh said to Satan, “Where have you come from?” Then Satan answered Yahweh, and said, “From going back and forth in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.”

Job 1:8 Yahweh 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.”

Job 1:9 Then Satan answered Yahweh, and said, “Does Job fear God for nothing?

Job 1:10 Haven’t you made a hedge around him, and around his house, and around all that he has, on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.

Job 1:11 But stretch out your hand now, and touch all that he has, and he will renounce you to your face.”

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "satan", "answered", "yahweh", "said", "does", "fear", and "nothing". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "satan" and "answered", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 8's "Yahweh said to Satan Have you considered..." into verse 10's "Haven t you made a hedge around...", so "satan" and "answered" 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 "satan" and "answered" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.