Job 1:8 God said to Satan, “Have you noticed my friend Job? There’s no one quite like him—honest and true to his word, totally devoted to God and hating evil.”

1:8 MSG

逐节对照

The Message - God said to Satan, “Have you noticed my friend Job? There’s no one quite like him—honest and true to his word, totally devoted to God and hating evil.”
新标点和合本 - 耶和华问撒但说：“你曾用心察看我的仆人约伯没有？地上再没有人像他完全正直，敬畏　神，远离恶事。”
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 耶和华对撒但说：“你曾用心察看我的仆人约伯没有？地上再没有人像他那样完全、正直、敬畏上帝、远离恶事。”
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 耶和华对撒但说：“你曾用心察看我的仆人约伯没有？地上再没有人像他那样完全、正直、敬畏　神、远离恶事。”
当代译本 - 耶和华问撒旦：“你注意到我的仆人约伯了吗？世上没有人像他那样纯全正直，敬畏我，远离罪恶。”
圣经新译本 - 耶和华问撒但：“你有没有注意到我的仆人约伯？世上再也没有一个人像他那样完全、正直，敬畏　神，远离罪恶。”
现代标点和合本 - 耶和华问撒旦说：“你曾用心察看我的仆人约伯没有？地上再没有人像他完全、正直，敬畏神，远离恶事。”
和合本（拼音版） - 耶和华问撒但说：“你曾用心察看我的仆人约伯没有？地上再没有人像他完全正直，敬畏上帝，远离恶事。”
New International Version - Then the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one on earth like him; he is blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil.”
New International Reader's Version - Then the Lord said to Satan, “Have you thought about my servant Job? There isn’t anyone on earth like him. He is honest. He does what is right. He has respect for God and avoids evil.”
English Standard Version - And the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, who fears God and turns away from evil?”
New Living Translation - Then the Lord asked Satan, “Have you noticed my servant Job? He is the finest man in all the earth. He is blameless—a man of complete integrity. He fears God and stays away from evil.”
Christian Standard Bible - Then the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? No one else on earth is like him, a man of perfect integrity, who fears God and turns away from evil.”
New American Standard Bible - The Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job? For there is no one like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, fearing God and turning away from evil.”
New King James Version - Then the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, one who fears God and shuns evil?”
Amplified Bible - The Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered and reflected on My servant Job? For there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, one who fears God [with reverence] and abstains from and turns away from evil [because he honors God].”
American Standard Version - And Jehovah said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job? for there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and turneth away from evil.
King James Version - And the Lord said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil?
New English Translation - So the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one like him on the earth, a pure and upright man, one who fears God and turns away from evil.”
World English Bible - 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.”
新標點和合本 - 耶和華問撒但說：「你曾用心察看我的僕人約伯沒有？地上再沒有人像他完全正直，敬畏神，遠離惡事。」
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 耶和華對撒但說：「你曾用心察看我的僕人約伯沒有？地上再沒有人像他那樣完全、正直、敬畏上帝、遠離惡事。」
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 耶和華對撒但說：「你曾用心察看我的僕人約伯沒有？地上再沒有人像他那樣完全、正直、敬畏　神、遠離惡事。」
當代譯本 - 耶和華問撒旦：「你注意到我的僕人約伯了嗎？世上沒有人像他那樣純全正直，敬畏我，遠離罪惡。」
聖經新譯本 - 耶和華問撒但：“你有沒有注意到我的僕人約伯？世上再也沒有一個人像他那樣完全、正直，敬畏　神，遠離罪惡。”
呂振中譯本 - 永恆主問撒但說：『你有沒有用心察看過我僕人約伯，看出地上沒有人能比得上他那樣純全，又正直又敬畏上帝，又遠離壞事呢？』
現代標點和合本 - 耶和華問撒旦說：「你曾用心察看我的僕人約伯沒有？地上再沒有人像他完全、正直，敬畏神，遠離惡事。」
文理和合譯本 - 耶和華曰、我僕約伯、爾留意乎、彼純全端正、寅畏上帝、離棄諸惡、世無其匹、
文理委辦譯本 - 耶和華曰、我僕約百、品行純良、孳孳為義、寅畏乎我、遠諸不善、天下莫與比儗、爾亦鑒之乎。
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 主問撒但曰、爾曾諦觀我僕約百否、世無人如彼、篤實正直、敬畏天主、遠離惡事、
Nueva Versión Internacional - —¿Te has puesto a pensar en mi siervo Job? —volvió a preguntarle el Señor—. No hay en la tierra nadie como él; es un hombre recto e intachable, que me honra y vive apartado del mal.
현대인의 성경 - “네가 내 종 욥을 주의하여 보았느냐? 그처럼 진실하고 정직하며 나를 두려운 마음으로 섬기고 악을 멀리하는 사람은 세상에 없다.”
Новый Русский Перевод - Господь сказал сатане: – Приметил ли ты Моего слугу Иова? Нет на земле такого человека, как он: непорочного и праведного, кто живет в страхе перед Богом и сторонится зла.
Восточный перевод - Вечный сказал сатане: – Приметил ли ты Моего раба Аюба? Нет на земле такого человека, как он: непорочного и праведного, кто живёт в страхе перед Всевышним и сторонится зла.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Вечный сказал Шайтану: – Приметил ли ты Моего раба Аюба? Нет на земле такого человека, как он: непорочного и праведного, кто живёт в страхе перед Аллахом и сторонится зла.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Вечный сказал сатане: – Приметил ли ты Моего раба Аюба? Нет на земле такого человека, как он: непорочного и праведного, кто живёт в страхе перед Всевышним и сторонится зла.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Alors l’Eternel demanda à l’Accusateur : As-tu remarqué mon serviteur Job ? Il n’y a personne comme lui sur la terre : c’est un homme intègre et droit, un homme qui craint Dieu et qui évite de mal faire.
リビングバイブル - 「わたしのしもべヨブを知っているか。彼は世界で一番の人格者で、神を敬い、一点の非の打ちどころもない人物だ。」
Nova Versão Internacional - Disse então o Senhor a Satanás: “Reparou em meu servo Jó? Não há ninguém na terra como ele, irrepreensível, íntegro, homem que teme a Deus e evita o mal”.
Hoffnung für alle - Der Herr erwiderte: »Dann ist dir sicher auch mein Diener Hiob aufgefallen. Ich kenne keinen Zweiten auf der Erde, der so rechtschaffen und aufrichtig ist wie er, der mich achtet und sich nichts zuschulden kommen lässt.«
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - “Ngươi có thấy Gióp, đầy tớ Ta không? Khắp đất không ai bằng Gióp. Đó là một người trọn lành—một người hoàn toàn chính trực, kính sợ Đức Chúa Trời, và tránh xa điều ác.”
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - องค์พระผู้เป็นเจ้าจึงตรัสกับซาตานว่า “เจ้าสังเกตดูโยบผู้รับใช้ของเราบ้างหรือไม่? ทั่วโลกนี้ไม่มีใครเหมือนเขา เขาเป็นคนดีเพียบพร้อม เที่ยงธรรม ยำเกรงพระเจ้า และหลีกห่างจากความชั่ว”
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - พระผู้เป็นเจ้ากล่าวกับซาตานว่า “เจ้าสังเกตโยบผู้รับใช้ของเราหรือไม่ว่า ไม่มีใครในโลกที่เหมือนกับเขา เป็นคนที่มีความชอบธรรมและไร้ข้อตำหนิ เขาเกรงกลัวพระเจ้า และหลีกเลี่ยงการทำความชั่ว”

交叉引用

Ezekiel 40:4 - The man said to me, “Son of man, look and listen carefully. Pay close attention to everything I’m going to show you. That’s why you’ve been brought here. And then tell Israel everything you see.” * * *
Luke 23:39 - One of the criminals hanging alongside cursed him: “Some Messiah you are! Save yourself! Save us!”
Luke 23:40 - But the other one made him shut up: “Have you no fear of God? You’re getting the same as him. We deserve this, but not him—he did nothing to deserve this.”
John 1:47 - When Jesus saw him coming he said, “There’s a real Israelite, not a false bone in his body.”
Psalms 37:27 - Turn your back on evil, work for the good and don’t quit. God loves this kind of thing, never turns away from his friends.
Job 42:7 - After God had finished addressing Job, he turned to Eliphaz the Temanite and said, “I’ve had it with you and your two friends. I’m fed up! You haven’t been honest either with me or about me—not the way my friend Job has. So here’s what you must do. Take seven bulls and seven rams, and go to my friend Job. Sacrifice a burnt offering on your own behalf. My friend Job will pray for you, and I will accept his prayer. He will ask me not to treat you as you deserve for talking nonsense about me, and for not being honest with me, as he has.”
Psalms 34:14 - Turn your back on sin; do something good. Embrace peace—don’t let it get away!
Psalms 36:1 - The God-rebel tunes in to sedition— all ears, eager to sin. He has no regard for God, he stands insolent before him. He has smooth-talked himself into believing That his evil will never be noticed. Words gutter from his mouth, dishwater dirty. Can’t remember when he did anything decent. Every time he goes to bed, he fathers another evil plot. When he’s loose on the streets, nobody’s safe. He plays with fire and doesn’t care who gets burned.
Isaiah 42:1 - “Take a good look at my servant. I’m backing him to the hilt. He’s the one I chose, and I couldn’t be more pleased with him. I’ve bathed him with my Spirit, my life. He’ll set everything right among the nations. He won’t call attention to what he does with loud speeches or gaudy parades. He won’t brush aside the bruised and the hurt and he won’t disregard the small and insignificant, but he’ll steadily and firmly set things right. He won’t tire out and quit. He won’t be stopped until he’s finished his work—to set things right on earth. Far-flung ocean islands wait expectantly for his teaching.”
Numbers 12:3 - Now the man Moses was a quietly humble man, more so than anyone living on Earth. God broke in suddenly on Moses and Aaron and Miriam saying, “Come out, you three, to the Tent of Meeting.” The three went out. God descended in a Pillar of Cloud and stood at the entrance to the Tent. He called Aaron and Miriam to him. When they stepped out, he said, Listen carefully to what I’m telling you. If there is a prophet of God among you, I make myself known to him in visions, I speak to him in dreams. But I don’t do it that way with my servant Moses; he has the run of my entire house; I speak to him intimately, in person, in plain talk without riddles: He ponders the very form of God. So why did you show no reverence or respect in speaking against my servant, against Moses?
Job 8:20 - “There’s no way that God will reject a good person, and there is no way he’ll help a bad one. God will let you laugh again; you’ll raise the roof with shouts of joy, With your enemies thoroughly discredited, their house of cards collapsed.”
Job 17:9 - “But principled people hold tight, keep a firm grip on life, sure that their clean, pure hands will get stronger and stronger!
Job 12:4 - “I’m ridiculed by my friends: ‘So that’s the man who had conversations with God!’ Ridiculed without mercy: ‘Look at the man who never did wrong!’ It’s easy for the well-to-do to point their fingers in blame, for the well-fixed to pour scorn on the strugglers. Crooks reside safely in high-security houses, insolent blasphemers live in luxury; they’ve bought and paid for a god who’ll protect them.
2 Kings 23:25 - There was no king to compare with Josiah—neither before nor after—a king who turned in total and repentant obedience to God, heart and mind and strength, following the instructions revealed to and written by Moses. The world would never again see a king like Josiah.
Job 1:1 - Job was a man who lived in Uz. He was honest inside and out, a man of his word, who was totally devoted to God and hated evil with a passion. He had seven sons and three daughters. He was also very wealthy—seven thousand head of sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred teams of oxen, five hundred donkeys, and a huge staff of servants—the most influential man in all the East!

逐节对照

交叉引用

The Message - God said to Satan, “Have you noticed my friend Job? There’s no one quite like him—honest and true to his word, totally devoted to God and hating evil.”
新标点和合本 - 耶和华问撒但说：“你曾用心察看我的仆人约伯没有？地上再没有人像他完全正直，敬畏　神，远离恶事。”
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 耶和华对撒但说：“你曾用心察看我的仆人约伯没有？地上再没有人像他那样完全、正直、敬畏上帝、远离恶事。”
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 耶和华对撒但说：“你曾用心察看我的仆人约伯没有？地上再没有人像他那样完全、正直、敬畏　神、远离恶事。”
当代译本 - 耶和华问撒旦：“你注意到我的仆人约伯了吗？世上没有人像他那样纯全正直，敬畏我，远离罪恶。”
圣经新译本 - 耶和华问撒但：“你有没有注意到我的仆人约伯？世上再也没有一个人像他那样完全、正直，敬畏　神，远离罪恶。”
现代标点和合本 - 耶和华问撒旦说：“你曾用心察看我的仆人约伯没有？地上再没有人像他完全、正直，敬畏神，远离恶事。”
和合本（拼音版） - 耶和华问撒但说：“你曾用心察看我的仆人约伯没有？地上再没有人像他完全正直，敬畏上帝，远离恶事。”
New International Version - Then the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one on earth like him; he is blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil.”
New International Reader's Version - Then the Lord said to Satan, “Have you thought about my servant Job? There isn’t anyone on earth like him. He is honest. He does what is right. He has respect for God and avoids evil.”
English Standard Version - And the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, who fears God and turns away from evil?”
New Living Translation - Then the Lord asked Satan, “Have you noticed my servant Job? He is the finest man in all the earth. He is blameless—a man of complete integrity. He fears God and stays away from evil.”
Christian Standard Bible - Then the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? No one else on earth is like him, a man of perfect integrity, who fears God and turns away from evil.”
New American Standard Bible - The Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job? For there is no one like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, fearing God and turning away from evil.”
New King James Version - Then the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, one who fears God and shuns evil?”
Amplified Bible - The Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered and reflected on My servant Job? For there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, one who fears God [with reverence] and abstains from and turns away from evil [because he honors God].”
American Standard Version - And Jehovah said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job? for there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and turneth away from evil.
King James Version - And the Lord said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil?
New English Translation - So the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one like him on the earth, a pure and upright man, one who fears God and turns away from evil.”
World English Bible - 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.”
新標點和合本 - 耶和華問撒但說：「你曾用心察看我的僕人約伯沒有？地上再沒有人像他完全正直，敬畏神，遠離惡事。」
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 耶和華對撒但說：「你曾用心察看我的僕人約伯沒有？地上再沒有人像他那樣完全、正直、敬畏上帝、遠離惡事。」
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 耶和華對撒但說：「你曾用心察看我的僕人約伯沒有？地上再沒有人像他那樣完全、正直、敬畏　神、遠離惡事。」
當代譯本 - 耶和華問撒旦：「你注意到我的僕人約伯了嗎？世上沒有人像他那樣純全正直，敬畏我，遠離罪惡。」
聖經新譯本 - 耶和華問撒但：“你有沒有注意到我的僕人約伯？世上再也沒有一個人像他那樣完全、正直，敬畏　神，遠離罪惡。”
呂振中譯本 - 永恆主問撒但說：『你有沒有用心察看過我僕人約伯，看出地上沒有人能比得上他那樣純全，又正直又敬畏上帝，又遠離壞事呢？』
現代標點和合本 - 耶和華問撒旦說：「你曾用心察看我的僕人約伯沒有？地上再沒有人像他完全、正直，敬畏神，遠離惡事。」
文理和合譯本 - 耶和華曰、我僕約伯、爾留意乎、彼純全端正、寅畏上帝、離棄諸惡、世無其匹、
文理委辦譯本 - 耶和華曰、我僕約百、品行純良、孳孳為義、寅畏乎我、遠諸不善、天下莫與比儗、爾亦鑒之乎。
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 主問撒但曰、爾曾諦觀我僕約百否、世無人如彼、篤實正直、敬畏天主、遠離惡事、
Nueva Versión Internacional - —¿Te has puesto a pensar en mi siervo Job? —volvió a preguntarle el Señor—. No hay en la tierra nadie como él; es un hombre recto e intachable, que me honra y vive apartado del mal.
현대인의 성경 - “네가 내 종 욥을 주의하여 보았느냐? 그처럼 진실하고 정직하며 나를 두려운 마음으로 섬기고 악을 멀리하는 사람은 세상에 없다.”
Новый Русский Перевод - Господь сказал сатане: – Приметил ли ты Моего слугу Иова? Нет на земле такого человека, как он: непорочного и праведного, кто живет в страхе перед Богом и сторонится зла.
Восточный перевод - Вечный сказал сатане: – Приметил ли ты Моего раба Аюба? Нет на земле такого человека, как он: непорочного и праведного, кто живёт в страхе перед Всевышним и сторонится зла.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Вечный сказал Шайтану: – Приметил ли ты Моего раба Аюба? Нет на земле такого человека, как он: непорочного и праведного, кто живёт в страхе перед Аллахом и сторонится зла.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Вечный сказал сатане: – Приметил ли ты Моего раба Аюба? Нет на земле такого человека, как он: непорочного и праведного, кто живёт в страхе перед Всевышним и сторонится зла.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Alors l’Eternel demanda à l’Accusateur : As-tu remarqué mon serviteur Job ? Il n’y a personne comme lui sur la terre : c’est un homme intègre et droit, un homme qui craint Dieu et qui évite de mal faire.
リビングバイブル - 「わたしのしもべヨブを知っているか。彼は世界で一番の人格者で、神を敬い、一点の非の打ちどころもない人物だ。」
Nova Versão Internacional - Disse então o Senhor a Satanás: “Reparou em meu servo Jó? Não há ninguém na terra como ele, irrepreensível, íntegro, homem que teme a Deus e evita o mal”.
Hoffnung für alle - Der Herr erwiderte: »Dann ist dir sicher auch mein Diener Hiob aufgefallen. Ich kenne keinen Zweiten auf der Erde, der so rechtschaffen und aufrichtig ist wie er, der mich achtet und sich nichts zuschulden kommen lässt.«
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - “Ngươi có thấy Gióp, đầy tớ Ta không? Khắp đất không ai bằng Gióp. Đó là một người trọn lành—một người hoàn toàn chính trực, kính sợ Đức Chúa Trời, và tránh xa điều ác.”
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - องค์พระผู้เป็นเจ้าจึงตรัสกับซาตานว่า “เจ้าสังเกตดูโยบผู้รับใช้ของเราบ้างหรือไม่? ทั่วโลกนี้ไม่มีใครเหมือนเขา เขาเป็นคนดีเพียบพร้อม เที่ยงธรรม ยำเกรงพระเจ้า และหลีกห่างจากความชั่ว”
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - พระผู้เป็นเจ้ากล่าวกับซาตานว่า “เจ้าสังเกตโยบผู้รับใช้ของเราหรือไม่ว่า ไม่มีใครในโลกที่เหมือนกับเขา เป็นคนที่มีความชอบธรรมและไร้ข้อตำหนิ เขาเกรงกลัวพระเจ้า และหลีกเลี่ยงการทำความชั่ว”

Ezekiel 40:4 - The man said to me, “Son of man, look and listen carefully. Pay close attention to everything I’m going to show you. That’s why you’ve been brought here. And then tell Israel everything you see.” * * *
Luke 23:39 - One of the criminals hanging alongside cursed him: “Some Messiah you are! Save yourself! Save us!”
Luke 23:40 - But the other one made him shut up: “Have you no fear of God? You’re getting the same as him. We deserve this, but not him—he did nothing to deserve this.”
John 1:47 - When Jesus saw him coming he said, “There’s a real Israelite, not a false bone in his body.”
Psalms 37:27 - Turn your back on evil, work for the good and don’t quit. God loves this kind of thing, never turns away from his friends.
Job 42:7 - After God had finished addressing Job, he turned to Eliphaz the Temanite and said, “I’ve had it with you and your two friends. I’m fed up! You haven’t been honest either with me or about me—not the way my friend Job has. So here’s what you must do. Take seven bulls and seven rams, and go to my friend Job. Sacrifice a burnt offering on your own behalf. My friend Job will pray for you, and I will accept his prayer. He will ask me not to treat you as you deserve for talking nonsense about me, and for not being honest with me, as he has.”
Psalms 34:14 - Turn your back on sin; do something good. Embrace peace—don’t let it get away!
Psalms 36:1 - The God-rebel tunes in to sedition— all ears, eager to sin. He has no regard for God, he stands insolent before him. He has smooth-talked himself into believing That his evil will never be noticed. Words gutter from his mouth, dishwater dirty. Can’t remember when he did anything decent. Every time he goes to bed, he fathers another evil plot. When he’s loose on the streets, nobody’s safe. He plays with fire and doesn’t care who gets burned.
Isaiah 42:1 - “Take a good look at my servant. I’m backing him to the hilt. He’s the one I chose, and I couldn’t be more pleased with him. I’ve bathed him with my Spirit, my life. He’ll set everything right among the nations. He won’t call attention to what he does with loud speeches or gaudy parades. He won’t brush aside the bruised and the hurt and he won’t disregard the small and insignificant, but he’ll steadily and firmly set things right. He won’t tire out and quit. He won’t be stopped until he’s finished his work—to set things right on earth. Far-flung ocean islands wait expectantly for his teaching.”
Numbers 12:3 - Now the man Moses was a quietly humble man, more so than anyone living on Earth. God broke in suddenly on Moses and Aaron and Miriam saying, “Come out, you three, to the Tent of Meeting.” The three went out. God descended in a Pillar of Cloud and stood at the entrance to the Tent. He called Aaron and Miriam to him. When they stepped out, he said, Listen carefully to what I’m telling you. If there is a prophet of God among you, I make myself known to him in visions, I speak to him in dreams. But I don’t do it that way with my servant Moses; he has the run of my entire house; I speak to him intimately, in person, in plain talk without riddles: He ponders the very form of God. So why did you show no reverence or respect in speaking against my servant, against Moses?
Job 8:20 - “There’s no way that God will reject a good person, and there is no way he’ll help a bad one. God will let you laugh again; you’ll raise the roof with shouts of joy, With your enemies thoroughly discredited, their house of cards collapsed.”
Job 17:9 - “But principled people hold tight, keep a firm grip on life, sure that their clean, pure hands will get stronger and stronger!
Job 12:4 - “I’m ridiculed by my friends: ‘So that’s the man who had conversations with God!’ Ridiculed without mercy: ‘Look at the man who never did wrong!’ It’s easy for the well-to-do to point their fingers in blame, for the well-fixed to pour scorn on the strugglers. Crooks reside safely in high-security houses, insolent blasphemers live in luxury; they’ve bought and paid for a god who’ll protect them.
2 Kings 23:25 - There was no king to compare with Josiah—neither before nor after—a king who turned in total and repentant obedience to God, heart and mind and strength, following the instructions revealed to and written by Moses. The world would never again see a king like Josiah.
Job 1:1 - Job was a man who lived in Uz. He was honest inside and out, a man of his word, who was totally devoted to God and hated evil with a passion. He had seven sons and three daughters. He was also very wealthy—seven thousand head of sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred teams of oxen, five hundred donkeys, and a huge staff of servants—the most influential man in all the East!