1. Job 1:9 (ESV)
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Commentary on Job 1:9 (Summary)

Job 1:9 (ESV)

9 Then Satan answered the LORD and said, “Does Job fear God for no reason?

Satan cannot deny the visible manifestations of Job’s uprightness. For that reason, he targets the invisible, the real motive behind Job’s uprightness.

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