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Tyndale Open Study Notes on Job 1:9

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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Modern study notes
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1:9-11 Job has good reason (Hebrew khinnam; see study note on 2:3) to fear God: The wisdom tradition links piety with prosperity. Satan went a step further by suggesting that Job’s piety was contingent upon his affluence.
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