{"id":20337,"date":"2023-02-26T15:32:36","date_gmt":"2023-02-26T21:32:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/?p=20337"},"modified":"2023-05-15T11:22:09","modified_gmt":"2023-05-15T16:22:09","slug":"the-lost-son-of-perdition-part-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/religiousmind.net\/?p=20337","title":{"rendered":"The Lost Son of Perdition, Part 10"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is a continuation of my consideration of God\u2019s love for Satan revealed in the book of Job: the Lord (Y\u1d4ah\u014dv\u00e2<\/i>, \u05d9\u05d4\u05d5\u05d4<\/a><\/span>) allowed<\/a> Satan to carry out his scientific experiment on Job, a blameless and upright man, one who fears God and turns away from evil<\/i>.1<\/sup><\/a> Satan had a hypothesis<\/a> why Job feared God, and a test<\/a> for that hypothesis. But when the experiment was over Job didn’t curse God to his face as Satan\u2019s test had predicted (Job 1:20-22 NET).<\/span><\/p>\n

Then Job got up and tore his robe. He shaved his head, and then he threw himself down with his face to the ground [Table<\/a>].<\/em> He said, \u201cNaked I came from my mother\u2019s womb, and naked I will return there. The Lord gives, and the Lord takes away. May the name of the Lord be blessed!\u201d [Table<\/a>]<\/em> In all this Job did not sin, nor did he charge God with moral impropriety [Table<\/a>].<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This result effectively falsified<\/a> Satan’s hypothesis<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Masoretic Text<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Septuagint<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Job 2:4, 5 (Tanakh\/KJV)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Job 2:4, 5 (NET)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Job 2:4, 5 (NETS)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Job 2:4, 5 (English Elpenor)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

And Satan answered the LORD, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life (<\/span>\u05e0\u05b7\u05e4\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05bd\u05d5\u05b9<\/a><\/span><\/span>).<\/span><\/td>\nBut Satan answered the Lord, \u201cSkin for skin! Indeed, a man will give up all that he has to save his life (nep\u0304e\u0161<\/i>, <\/span>\u05e0\u05e4\u05e9\u05d5<\/a><\/span><\/span>).<\/span><\/td>\nThen the slanderer continued and said to the Lord, “Skin for skin; whatever a person has he will use to pay for his life (\u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2<\/a> \u03c8\u03c5\u03c7\u1fc6\u03c2<\/a> \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6<\/a>).<\/span><\/td>\nAnd the devil answered and said to the Lord, Skin for skin, all that a man has will he give as a ransom for his life (\u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2<\/a> \u03c8\u03c5\u03c7\u1fc6\u03c2<\/a> \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6<\/a>).<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
But put forth thine hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse (<\/span>\u05d9\u05b0\u05d1\u05b8\u05bd\u05e8\u05b0\u05db\u05b6\u05bd\u05da\u05bc\u05b8<\/a><\/span><\/span>) thee to thy face<\/span><\/td>\nBut extend your hand and strike his bone and his flesh, and he will no doubt curse (b\u0101ra\u1e35<\/i>, <\/span>\u05d9\u05d1\u05e8\u05db\u05da<\/a><\/span><\/span>) you to your face!\u201d<\/span><\/td>\nHowever, stretch out your hand, and touch his bones and his flesh; surely he will bless<\/a> (\u03b5\u1f50\u03bb\u03bf\u03b3\u1f75\u03c3\u03b5\u03b9<\/a>) you to your face!\u201d<\/span><\/td>\nNay, but put forth thine hand, and touch his bones and his flesh: verily he will bless<\/a> (\u03b5\u1f50\u03bb\u03bf\u03b3\u1f75\u03c3\u03b5\u03b9<\/a>) thee to [thy] face.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

In other words, Satan rejected the conclusion that his hypothesis was false. He said he would have gotten the result he desired, if not for the Lord’s arbitrary condition placed on his test. The Lord had said to Satan (Job 1:12b NET [Table<\/a>]):<\/span><\/p>\n

All right then, everything he has is in your power. Only do not extend your hand against the man himself!<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Lord (\u05d9\u05d4\u05d5\u05d4<\/a><\/span>) didn’t debate the merits of the scientific method with Satan:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Masoretic Text<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Septuagint<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Job 2:6 (Tanakh\/KJV)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Job 2:6 (NET)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Job 2:6 (NETS)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Job 2:6 (English Elpenor)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thine hand; but save his life (<\/span>\u05e0\u05b7\u05e4\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u0596\u05d5\u05b9<\/a><\/span><\/span>).<\/span><\/td>\nSo the Lord said to Satan, \u201cAll right, he is in your power; only preserve his life (nep\u0304e\u0161<\/i>, <\/span>\u05e0\u05e4\u05e9\u05d5<\/a><\/span><\/span>).\u201d<\/span><\/td>\nThen the Lord said to the slanderer, \u201cVery well, I am handing him over to you; only spare his life (\u03c4\u1f74\u03bd<\/a> \u03c8\u03c5\u03c7\u1f74\u03bd<\/a> \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6<\/a>).\u201d<\/span><\/td>\nAnd the Lord said to the devil, Behold, I deliver him up to thee; only save his life (\u03c4\u1f74\u03bd<\/a> \u03c8\u03c5\u03c7\u1f74\u03bd<\/a> \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6<\/a>).<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

The Lord’s love, kindness and patience toward Satan is, frankly, a bit perplexing to me here. Is it simply who He is because God is love<\/i>?2<\/sup><\/a> Was He demonstrating his superiority? Was He leading Satan to repentance<\/a>? Or was He goading Satan to store up wrath for <\/i>[himself] in the day of wrath, when God\u2019s righteous judgment<\/a> is revealed<\/i>?3<\/sup><\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n

I also admit to being confused about Satan’s hypothesis at this point: Is it for nothing that Job fears God? <\/i>[Table<\/a>] Have you not made a hedge around him<\/i>4<\/sup><\/a> [Table<\/a>] to shield him from disease? It seems even less likely to me now that Satan was conducting a scientific experiment to ascertain why\/how Job was blameless and upright, one who feared God and turned away from evil<\/i>.5<\/sup><\/a> I’m thinking that Satan just wanted Job to curse God. <\/span><\/p>\n

I, on the other hand, am more interested in how Job was blameless and upright, one who feared God and turned away from evil<\/i>6<\/sup><\/a> even when Satan by the Lord’s leave took everything from him. The Lord’s confidence to continue with Satan’s charade<\/a> encourages me that I’m on the right track with the idea that Job believed the Lord, and the Lord credited it as righteousness to him<\/i>.7<\/sup><\/a> The Lord’s confidence to continue with Satan\u2019s test didn’t come from his faith in Job, but from his faith in the life-transforming power of his own credited righteousness.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Masoretic Text<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Septuagint<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Job 2:7, 8 (Tanakh\/KJV)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Job 2:7, 8 (NET)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Job 2:7, 8 (NETS)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Job 2:7, 8 (English Elpenor)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

So went Satan forth from the presence of the LORD, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.<\/span><\/td>\nSo Satan went out from the presence of the Lord, and he afflicted Job with a malignant ulcer from the soles of his feet to the top of his head.<\/span><\/td>\nSo the slanderer went out from the Lord, and he struck Iob with a grievous festering sore from his feet to his head.<\/span><\/td>\nSo the devil went out from the Lord, and smote Job with sore boils from [his] feet to [his] head.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes.<\/span><\/td>\nJob took a shard of broken pottery to scrape himself with while he was sitting among the ashes.<\/span><\/td>\nAnd he took a potsherd, so that he could scrape away the pus, and sat on the rubbish heap outside the city.<\/span><\/td>\nAnd he took a potsherd to scrape away the discharge, and sat upon a dung-heap outside the city.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Job’s wife seemed to have an uncanny grasp of the situation, even more so because her advice seems more in line with Satan’s reasoning than the Lord’s.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Masoretic Text<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Septuagint<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Job 2:9 (Tanakh\/KJV)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Job 2:9 (NET)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Job 2:9 (NETS)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Job 2:9 (English Elpenor)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? curse God, and die.<\/span><\/td>\nThen his wife said to him, \u201cAre you still holding firmly to your integrity? Curse God, and die!\u201d<\/span><\/td>\nThen after a long time had passed, his wife said to him, \u201cHow long will you persist and say, ‘Look, I will hang on a little longer, while I wait for the hope of my deliverance?’ For look, your legacy has vanished from the earth\u2014sons and daughters, my womb’s birth pangs and labors, for whom I wearied myself with hardships in vain. And you? You sit in the refuse of worms as you spend the night in the open air. As for me, I am one that wanders about and a hired servant\u2014from place to place and house to house, waiting for when the sun will set, so I can rest from the distresses and griefs that now beset me. Now say some word to the Lord and die!\u201d <\/span><\/td>\nAnd when much time had passed, his wife said to him, How long wilt thou hold out, saying, 9\u03b1 Behold, I wait yet a little while, expecting the hope of my deliverance? 9\u03b2 for, behold, thy memorial is abolished from the earth, [even thy] sons and daughters, the pangs and pains of my womb which I bore in vain with sorrows; 9\u03b3 and thou thyself sittest down to spend the nights in the open air among the corruption of worms, 9\u03b4 and I am a wanderer and a servant from place to place and house to house, waiting for the setting of the sun, that I may rest from my labours and my pangs which now beset me: but say some word against the Lord, and die.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

If I thought this was contemporary fiction I might go off on a feminist rant about misogyny and the patriarchy. Though I do think the literary form of Job is drama, I believe the story is true. But as drama, Job’s wife is the first everyman<\/a><\/i> character one encounters. She reacts more like what Satan claimed to expect from his scientific experiment on Job, not because she is female but because she is human. I say \u201cclaimed\u201d because Satan (Septuagint: \u1f41<\/a> \u03b4\u03b9\u1f71\u03b2\u03bf\u03bb\u03bf\u03c2<\/a>) is a liar.<\/span><\/p>\n

I’m becoming more and more convinced that Satan already knew that Job was blameless and upright, one who feared God and turned away from evil<\/i>8<\/sup><\/a> because Job believed the Lord, and the Lord credited it as righteousness to him<\/i>.9<\/sup><\/a> Satan already knew, even if he held onto some vague hope, that because of the power of the Lord’s credited righteousness there was nothing he could do to cause Job to curse God. Satan’s actual intent was to baffle us with misdirection, and to terrorize us with all he would do to us if we believed the Lord and the Lord credited it as righteousness to us.<\/span><\/p>\n

Job’s wife sounds like Satan because everyman <\/i>is from <\/i>[their] father<\/a> the devil, and <\/i>[we] want to do what <\/i>[our] father desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not<\/a> uphold the truth because there is no truth in him. Whenever he lies, he speaks according to his own nature because he is a liar and the father of lies<\/i>.10<\/sup><\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n

That everyman is from<\/em> [their] father the devil<\/em> is a point for everyman <\/i>to concede to Jesus, the shut door<\/a> at the entrance to the kingdom of God, and the light<\/a> that will highlight our inner devil<\/em> all too clearly. God, be merciful to me, sinner that I am<\/i>,11<\/sup><\/a> is the key to open<\/a> the shut door that is Jesus, the light of the world<\/em><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Did the rabbis who translated the Septuagint<\/a> add words to Job’s wife’s soliloquy to make her more sympathetic? Or did the editors<\/a> of the Masoretic text delete them to make her more direct? I’m favoring the latter here because in the Masoretic text Job’s wife quotes the Lord almost verbatim even as she sounds more like Satan:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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Job 2:3 (NET) The Lord<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Job 2:9 (NET) Job’s Wife<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

he still (\u02bf\u00f4\u1e0f<\/i>, <\/span>\u05d5\u05e2\u05d3\u05e0\u05d5<\/a><\/span><\/span>) holds firmly (\u1e25\u0101zaq<\/i>, <\/span>\u05de\u05d7\u05d6\u05d9\u05e7<\/a><\/span><\/span>) to his integrity (tumm\u00e2<\/i>, <\/span>\u05d1\u05ea\u05de\u05ea\u05d5<\/a><\/span><\/span>)<\/span><\/td>\nAre you still (\u02bf\u00f4\u1e0f<\/i>, <\/span>\u05e2\u05d3\u05da<\/a><\/span><\/span>) holding firmly (\u1e25\u0101zaq<\/i>, <\/span>\u05de\u05d7\u05d6\u05d9\u05e7<\/a><\/span><\/span>) to your integrity (tumm\u00e2<\/i>, <\/span>\u05d1\u05ea\u05de\u05ea\u05da<\/a><\/span><\/span>)?<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Here is a comparison of the Greek in the Septuagint for contrast:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Job 2:3 (Septuagint BLB) Table<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Job 2:3 (Septuagint Elpenor)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Job 2:9 (Septuagint BLB)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Job 2:9 (Septuagint Elpenor)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\u1f14\u03c4\u03b9<\/a> \u03b4\u1f72<\/a> \u1f14\u03c7\u03b5\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9<\/a> \u1f00\u03ba\u03b1\u03ba\u1f77\u03b1\u03c2<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n\u1f14\u03c4\u03b9<\/a> \u03b4\u1f72<\/a> \u1f14\u03c7\u03b5\u03c4\u03b5<\/a> \u1f00\u03ba\u03b1\u03ba\u1f77\u03b1\u03c2<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n\u03bc\u1f73\u03c7\u03c1\u03b9<\/a> \u03c4\u1f77\u03bd\u03bf\u03c2<\/a> \u03ba\u03b1\u03c1\u03c4\u03b5\u03c1\u1f75\u03c3\u03b5\u03b9\u03c2<\/a> \u03bb\u1f73\u03b3\u03c9\u03bd<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n\u03bc\u1f73\u03c7\u03c1\u03b9<\/a> \u03c4\u1f77\u03bd\u03bf\u03c2<\/a> \u03ba\u03b1\u03c1\u03c4\u03b5\u03c1\u1f75\u03c3\u03b5\u03b9\u03c2<\/a> \u03bb\u1f73\u03b3\u03c9\u03bd<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Job 2:3 (NETS)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Job 2:3 (English Elpenor)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Job 2:9 (NETS)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Job 2:9 (English Elpenor)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

And he still maintains his innocence<\/span><\/td>\nand he yet cleaves to innocence<\/span><\/td>\nHow long will you persist and say<\/span><\/td>\nHow long wilt thou hold out, saying<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Quoting the Lord verbatim is a clever synopsis that cuts immediately to the point. But the longer version of her speech seems more like a wife’s anguish watching her husband suffer, as well as her own anguish as long as he lives and she is not free to marry again. All this demonstrates perhaps is that the rabbis wrote better fiction. But I have faith that the story is true, and the Greek of the Septuagint seems much less like Job’s wife was privy to the Lord’s words verbatim.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Masoretic Text<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Septuagint<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Job 2:10 (Tanakh\/KJV)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Job 2:10 (NET)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Job 2:10 (NETS)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Job 2:10 (English Elpenor)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

But [Job] said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil (<\/span>\u05d4\u05b8\u05e8\u05b8\u0596\u05e2<\/a><\/span><\/span>)? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.<\/span><\/td>\nBut he replied, \u201cYou\u2019re talking like one of the godless women would do! Should we receive what is good from God, and not also receive what is evil (ra\u02bf<\/i>, <\/span>\u05d4\u05e8\u05e2<\/a><\/span><\/span>)?\u201d In all this Job did not sin by what he said.<\/span><\/td>\nBut Iob looked up and said to her, “You have spoken like one of the foolish women. If we received the good things from the Lord’s hand, shall we not bear the bad (\u03c4\u1f70<\/a> \u03ba\u03b1\u03ba\u1f70<\/a>)?” In all these things that happened to him Iob did not sin at all with his lips before God. <\/span><\/td>\nBut he looked on her, and said to her, Thou hast spoken like one of the foolish women. If we have received good things of the hand of the Lord, shall we not endure evil things (\u03c4\u1f70<\/a> \u03ba\u03b1\u03ba\u1f70<\/a>)? In all these things that happened to him, Job sinned not at all with his lips before God.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

In one sense, Job’s faith sounds naive. He accepts what has happened to him as evil from the hand of God (Septuagint: of the Lord<\/i>, \u039a\u03c5\u03c1\u1f77\u03bf\u03c5<\/a>). He seems oblivious to Satan’s part in any of it. I wondered briefly whether Job thought of Satan as one of the gods. The rabbis who translated the Septuagint seem to have anticipated that question and answered it in the negative by translating \u05d4\u05d0\u05dc\u05d4\u05d9\u05dd<\/a> (‘\u0115l\u014dh\u00eem<\/i>) \u039a\u03c5\u03c1\u1f77\u03bf\u03c5<\/a> here rather than \u03b8\u03b5\u03bf\u1fe6<\/a>. But Job’s theology was absolutely correct since Satan could do nothing without the Lord’s permission.<\/span><\/p>\n

Job’s wife, especially in the Masoretic text, seems to believe that Job’s blamelessness is a personal achievement, a righteousness derived from law: Job still holds firmly to his integrity. But Job’s acceptance of both good and evil from the hand of the Lord sounds more to me like the fruit of a righteousness from God that is in fact based on Christ\u2019s faithfulness<\/i>12<\/sup><\/a> so many years before the Word became flesh and took up residence among us<\/i>.13<\/sup><\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n

The Lord boasts about Job: There is no one like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, one who fears God and turns away from evil<\/i>.14<\/sup><\/a> The Lord has every right to boast. Job’s righteousness is the Lord’s handiwork. Job does not boast: The Lord gives, and the Lord takes away. May the name of the Lord be blessed!<\/i>15<\/sup><\/a> What do you have that you did not receive? <\/i>Paul wrote the Corinthians. And if you received it, why do you boast as though you did not?<\/i>16<\/sup><\/a> He also wrote to the Romans: Indeed, he who did not spare his own Son, but<\/a> gave him up for us all\u2014how will he not also, along with him, freely give us all things?<\/i>17<\/sup><\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n

Satan doesn’t appear again in the book of Job except by proxy in his influence over natural born human beings. I want to continue to study the book of Job in another essay<\/a> series, but here I’ll sum up a bit. This side excursion into the book of Job began for me with a question<\/a>: Who did Jesus command, \u201cWhat you are about to do, do quickly.\u201d<\/i>18<\/sup><\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n

The narrative is quite clear that Jesus spoke to Judas Iscariot. But right before Jesus spoke those words, John also made it clear that Satan (\u1f41<\/a> \u03c3\u03b1\u03c4\u03b1\u03bd\u1fb6\u03c2<\/a>) had entered into Judas. In the book of Job Satan needed the Lord’s permission to do anything to Job. Was, What you are about to do, do quickly<\/i>, Jesus’ permission? I lay down my life, so that I may take it back again<\/i>, Jesus said. No one takes it away from me, but I lay it down of my own free will <\/i>(\u1f10\u03bc\u03b1\u03c5\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6<\/a>). I have the authority to lay it down, and I have the authority to take it back again. This commandment I received from my Father<\/i>.19<\/sup><\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s difficult to say that He was speaking to both: \u03c0\u03bf\u1f77\u03b7\u03c3\u03bf\u03bd<\/a> is singular. But was He speaking to Satan\/Judas, a unitary singular, at that moment?\u201d20<\/sup><\/a> Then Satan entered into him<\/i>21<\/sup><\/a> <\/i>(\u03c4\u1f79\u03c4\u03b5<\/a> \u03b5\u1f30\u03c3\u1fc6\u03bb\u03b8\u03b5\u03bd<\/a> \u03b5\u1f30\u03c2<\/a> \u1f10\u03ba\u03b5\u1fd6\u03bd\u03bf\u03bd<\/a> \u1f41<\/a> \u03c3\u03b1\u03c4\u03b1\u03bd\u1fb6\u03c2<\/a>) seems to be something more than You people are from your father<\/a> the devil, and you want to do what your father desires<\/i>.22<\/sup><\/a> And now I wonder if that \u201c something more\u201d exempts Judas somehow from all people <\/i>Jesus will draw <\/i>to Himself if or when <\/i>He was crucified.23<\/sup><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Tables comparing Job 2:4<\/a>; 2:5<\/a>; 2:6<\/a>; 2:7<\/a>; 2:8<\/a>; 2:9<\/a> and 2:10<\/a> in the Tanakh, KJV and NET, and tables comparing the Greek of Job 2:4<\/a>; 2:5<\/a>; 2:6<\/a>; 2:7<\/a>; 2:8<\/a>; 2:9<\/a> and 2:10<\/a> in the Septuagint (BLB and Elpenor) follow.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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<\/a>Job 2:4 (Tanakh)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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And Satan answered the LORD, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life.<\/span><\/td>\nAnd Satan answered the LORD, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life.<\/span><\/td>\nBut Satan answered the Lord, \u201cSkin for skin! Indeed, a man will give up all that he has to save his life.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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\u1f51\u03c0\u03bf\u03bb\u03b1\u03b2\u1f7c\u03bd \u03b4\u1f72 \u1f41 \u03b4\u03b9\u1f71\u03b2\u03bf\u03bb\u03bf\u03c2 \u03b5\u1f36\u03c0\u03b5\u03bd<\/a> <\/b>\u03c4\u1ff7 \u03ba\u03c5\u03c1\u1f77\u1ff3 \u03b4\u1f73\u03c1\u03bc\u03b1 \u1f51\u03c0\u1f72\u03c1 \u03b4\u1f73\u03c1\u03bc\u03b1\u03c4\u03bf\u03c2 \u1f45\u03c3\u03b1 \u1f51\u03c0\u1f71\u03c1\u03c7\u03b5\u03b9 \u1f00\u03bd\u03b8\u03c1\u1f7d\u03c0\u1ff3 \u1f51\u03c0\u1f72\u03c1 \u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2 \u03c8\u03c5\u03c7\u1fc6\u03c2 \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u1f10\u03ba\u03c4\u03b5\u1f77\u03c3\u03b5\u03b9<\/a><\/b><\/span><\/td>\n\u1f51\u03c0\u03bf\u03bb\u03b1\u03b2\u1f7c\u03bd \u03b4\u1f72 \u1f41 \u03b4\u03b9\u1f71\u03b2\u03bf\u03bb\u03bf\u03c2 \u03b5\u1f36\u03c0\u03b5<\/a> <\/b>\u03c4\u1ff7 \u039a\u03c5\u03c1\u1f77\u1ff3\u0387 \u03b4\u1f73\u03c1\u03bc\u03b1 \u1f51\u03c0\u1f72\u03c1 \u03b4\u1f73\u03c1\u03bc\u03b1\u03c4\u03bf\u03c2\u0387 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76<\/a> \u03c0\u1f71\u03bd\u03c4\u03b1<\/a><\/b>, \u1f45\u03c3\u03b1 \u1f51\u03c0\u1f71\u03c1\u03c7\u03b5\u03b9 \u1f00\u03bd\u03b8\u03c1\u1f7d\u03c0\u1ff3, \u1f51\u03c0\u1f72\u03c1 \u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2 \u03c8\u03c5\u03c7\u1fc6\u03c2 \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u1f10\u03ba\u03c4\u1f77\u03c3\u03b5\u03b9<\/a><\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Job 2:4 (NETS)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Job 2:4 (English Elpenor)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Then the slanderer continued and said to the Lord, “Skin for skin; whatever a person has he will use to pay for his life.<\/span><\/td>\nAnd the devil answered and said to the Lord, Skin for skin, all that a man has will he give as a ransom for his life.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
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<\/a>Job 2:5 (Tanakh)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Job 2:5 (NET)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

But put forth thine hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face<\/span><\/td>\nBut put forth thine hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face.<\/span><\/td>\nBut extend your hand and strike his bone and his flesh, and he will no doubt curse you to your face!\u201d<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Job 2:5 (Septuagint Elpenor)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\u03bf\u1f50 \u03bc\u1f74\u03bd \u03b4\u1f72 \u1f00\u03bb\u03bb\u1f70 \u1f00\u03c0\u03bf\u03c3\u03c4\u03b5\u1f77\u03bb\u03b1\u03c2 \u03c4\u1f74\u03bd \u03c7\u03b5\u1fd7\u03c1\u1f71 \u03c3\u03bf\u03c5 \u1f05\u03c8\u03b1\u03b9 \u03c4\u1ff6\u03bd \u1f40\u03c3\u03c4\u1ff6\u03bd \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03c4\u1ff6\u03bd<\/a> <\/b>\u03c3\u03b1\u03c1\u03ba\u1ff6\u03bd \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03b5\u1f30<\/a> <\/b>\u03bc\u1f74\u03bd \u03b5\u1f30\u03c2 \u03c0\u03c1\u1f79\u03c3\u03c9\u03c0\u1f79\u03bd \u03c3\u03b5 \u03b5\u1f50\u03bb\u03bf\u03b3\u1f75\u03c3\u03b5\u03b9<\/span><\/td>\n\u03bf\u1f50 \u03bc\u1f74\u03bd \u03b4\u1f72 \u1f00\u03bb\u03bb\u1f70 \u1f00\u03c0\u03bf\u03c3\u03c4\u03b5\u1f77\u03bb\u03b1\u03c2 \u03c4\u1f74\u03bd \u03c7\u03b5\u1fd6\u03c1\u1f71 \u03c3\u03bf\u03c5 \u1f05\u03c8\u03b1\u03b9 \u03c4\u1ff6\u03bd \u1f40\u03c3\u03c4\u1ff6\u03bd \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03c3\u03b1\u03c1\u03ba\u1ff6\u03bd \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6\u0387 \u1f26<\/a> <\/b>\u03bc\u1f74\u03bd \u03b5\u1f30\u03c2 \u03c0\u03c1\u1f79\u03c3\u03c9\u03c0\u1f79\u03bd \u03c3\u03b5 \u03b5\u1f50\u03bb\u03bf\u03b3\u1f75\u03c3\u03b5\u03b9<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Job 2:5 (NETS)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Job 2:5 (English Elpenor)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

However, stretch out your hand, and touch his bones and his flesh; surely he will bless you to your face!\u201d<\/span><\/td>\nNay, but put forth thine hand, and touch his bones and his flesh: verily he will bless thee to [thy] face.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
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<\/a>Job 2:6 (Tanakh)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thine hand; but save his life.<\/span><\/td>\nAnd the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thine hand; but save his life.<\/span><\/td>\nSo the Lord said to Satan, \u201cAll right, he is in your power; only preserve his life.\u201d<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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<\/a>Job 2:6 (Septuagint BLB)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Job 2:6 (Septuagint Elpenor)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\u03b5\u1f36\u03c0\u03b5\u03bd<\/a> <\/b>\u03b4\u1f72 \u1f41 \u03ba\u1f7b\u03c1\u03b9\u03bf\u03c2 \u03c4\u1ff7 \u03b4\u03b9\u03b1\u03b2\u1f79\u03bb\u1ff3 \u1f30\u03b4\u03bf\u1f7a \u03c0\u03b1\u03c1\u03b1\u03b4\u1f77\u03b4\u03c9\u03bc\u1f77 \u03c3\u03bf\u03b9 \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1f79\u03bd \u03bc\u1f79\u03bd\u03bf\u03bd \u03c4\u1f74\u03bd \u03c8\u03c5\u03c7\u1f74\u03bd \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03b4\u03b9\u03b1\u03c6\u1f7b\u03bb\u03b1\u03be\u03bf\u03bd<\/span><\/td>\n\u03b5\u1f36\u03c0\u03b5<\/a> <\/b>\u03b4\u1f72 \u1f41 \u039a\u1f7b\u03c1\u03b9\u03bf\u03c2 \u03c4\u1ff7 \u03b4\u03b9\u03b1\u03b2\u1f79\u03bb\u1ff3\u0387 \u1f30\u03b4\u03bf\u1f7a \u03c0\u03b1\u03c1\u03b1\u03b4\u1f77\u03b4\u03c9\u03bc\u1f77 \u03c3\u03bf\u03b9 \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1f79\u03bd, \u03bc\u1f79\u03bd\u03bf\u03bd \u03c4\u1f74\u03bd \u03c8\u03c5\u03c7\u1f74\u03bd \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03b4\u03b9\u03b1\u03c6\u1f7b\u03bb\u03b1\u03be\u03bf\u03bd<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Job 2:6 (English Elpenor)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Then the Lord said to the slanderer, \u201cVery well, I am handing him over to you; only spare his life.\u201d<\/span><\/td>\nAnd the Lord said to the devil, Behold, I deliver him up to thee; only save his life.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
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<\/a>Job 2:7 (Tanakh)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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So went Satan forth from the presence of the LORD, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.<\/span><\/td>\nSo went Satan forth from the presence of the LORD, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.<\/span><\/td>\nSo Satan went out from the presence of the Lord, and he afflicted Job with a malignant ulcer from the soles of his feet to the top of his head.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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\u1f10\u03be\u1fc6\u03bb\u03b8\u03b5\u03bd<\/a> <\/b>\u03b4\u1f72 \u1f41 \u03b4\u03b9\u1f71\u03b2\u03bf\u03bb\u03bf\u03c2 \u1f00\u03c0\u1f78 \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6<\/a> <\/b>\u03ba\u03c5\u03c1\u1f77\u03bf\u03c5 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f14\u03c0\u03b1\u03b9\u03c3\u03b5\u03bd<\/a> <\/b>\u03c4\u1f78\u03bd \u0399\u03c9\u03b2 \u1f15\u03bb\u03ba\u03b5\u03b9 \u03c0\u03bf\u03bd\u03b7\u03c1\u1ff7 \u1f00\u03c0\u1f78 \u03c0\u03bf\u03b4\u1ff6\u03bd \u1f15\u03c9\u03c2 \u03ba\u03b5\u03c6\u03b1\u03bb\u1fc6\u03c2<\/span><\/td>\n\u1fbf\u0395\u03be\u1fc6\u03bb\u03b8\u03b5<\/a> <\/b>\u03b4\u1f72 \u1f41 \u03b4\u03b9\u1f71\u03b2\u03bf\u03bb\u03bf\u03c2 \u1f00\u03c0\u1f78 \u03c0\u03c1\u03bf\u03c3\u1f7d\u03c0\u03bf\u03c5<\/a> <\/b>\u039a\u03c5\u03c1\u1f77\u03bf\u03c5 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f14\u03c0\u03b1\u03b9\u03c3\u03b5<\/a> <\/b>\u03c4\u1f78\u03bd \u1fbf\u0399\u1f7c\u03b2 \u1f15\u03bb\u03ba\u03b5\u03b9 \u03c0\u03bf\u03bd\u03b7\u03c1\u1ff7 \u1f00\u03c0\u1f78 \u03c0\u03bf\u03b4\u1ff6\u03bd \u1f15\u03c9\u03c2 \u03ba\u03b5\u03c6\u03b1\u03bb\u1fc6\u03c2<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Job 2:7 (English Elpenor)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

So the slanderer went out from the Lord, and he struck Iob with a grievous festering sore from his feet to his head.<\/span><\/td>\nSo the devil went out from the Lord, and smote Job with sore boils from [his] feet to [his] head.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
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<\/a>Job 2:8 (Tanakh)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes.<\/span><\/td>\nAnd he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes.<\/span><\/td>\nJob took a shard of broken pottery to scrape himself with while he was sitting among the ashes.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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\u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f14\u03bb\u03b1\u03b2\u03b5\u03bd \u1f44\u03c3\u03c4\u03c1\u03b1\u03ba\u03bf\u03bd \u1f35\u03bd\u03b1 \u03c4\u1f78\u03bd \u1f30\u03c7\u1ff6\u03c1\u03b1 \u03be\u1f7b\u1fc3 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f10\u03ba\u1f71\u03b8\u03b7\u03c4\u03bf \u1f10\u03c0\u1f76 \u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2 \u03ba\u03bf\u03c0\u03c1\u1f77\u03b1\u03c2 \u1f14\u03be\u03c9 \u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2 \u03c0\u1f79\u03bb\u03b5\u03c9\u03c2<\/span><\/td>\n\u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f14\u03bb\u03b1\u03b2\u03b5\u03bd \u1f44\u03c3\u03c4\u03c1\u03b1\u03ba\u03bf\u03bd, \u1f35\u03bd\u03b1 \u03c4\u1f78\u03bd \u1f30\u03c7\u1ff6\u03c1\u03b1 \u03be\u1f7b\u1fc3, \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f10\u03ba\u1f71\u03b8\u03b7\u03c4\u03bf \u1f10\u03c0\u1f76 \u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2 \u03ba\u03bf\u03c0\u03c1\u1f77\u03b1\u03c2 \u1f14\u03be\u03c9 \u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2 \u03c0\u1f79\u03bb\u03b5\u03c9\u03c2<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Job 2:8 (English Elpenor)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

And he took a potsherd, so that he could scrape away the pus, and sat on the rubbish heap outside the city.<\/span><\/td>\nAnd he took a potsherd to scrape away the discharge, and sat upon a dung-heap outside the city.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
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Job 2:9 (NET)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? curse God, and die.<\/span><\/td>\nThen said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? curse God, and die.<\/span><\/td>\nThen his wife said to him, \u201cAre you still holding firmly to your integrity? Curse God, and die!\u201d<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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<\/a>Job 2:9 (Septuagint BLB)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Job 2:9 (Septuagint Elpenor)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\u03c7\u03c1\u1f79\u03bd\u03bf\u03c5 \u03b4\u1f72 \u03c0\u03bf\u03bb\u03bb\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03c0\u03c1\u03bf\u03b2\u03b5\u03b2\u03b7\u03ba\u1f79\u03c4\u03bf\u03c2 \u03b5\u1f36\u03c0\u03b5\u03bd \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1ff7 \u1f21 \u03b3\u03c5\u03bd\u1f74 \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03bc\u1f73\u03c7\u03c1\u03b9 \u03c4\u1f77\u03bd\u03bf\u03c2 \u03ba\u03b1\u03c1\u03c4\u03b5\u03c1\u1f75\u03c3\u03b5\u03b9\u03c2 \u03bb\u1f73\u03b3\u03c9\u03bd<\/span><\/td>\n\u03a7\u03c1\u1f79\u03bd\u03bf\u03c5 \u03b4\u1f72 \u03c0\u03bf\u03bb\u03bb\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03c0\u03c1\u03bf\u03b2\u03b5\u03b2\u03b7\u03ba\u1f79\u03c4\u03bf\u03c2 \u03b5\u1f36\u03c0\u03b5\u03bd \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1ff7 \u1f21 \u03b3\u03c5\u03bd\u1f74 \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6\u0387 \u03bc\u1f73\u03c7\u03c1\u03b9 \u03c4\u1f77\u03bd\u03bf\u03c2 \u03ba\u03b1\u03c1\u03c4\u03b5\u03c1\u1f75\u03c3\u03b5\u03b9\u03c2 \u03bb\u1f73\u03b3\u03c9\u03bd\u0387 9\u03b1 \u1f30\u03b4\u03bf\u1f7a \u1f00\u03bd\u03b1\u03bc\u1f73\u03bd\u03c9 \u03c7\u03c1\u1f79\u03bd\u03bf\u03bd \u1f14\u03c4\u03b9 \u03bc\u03b9\u03ba\u03c1\u1f78\u03bd \u03c0\u03c1\u03bf\u03c3\u03b4\u03b5\u03c7\u1f79\u03bc\u03b5\u03bd\u03bf\u03c2 \u03c4\u1f74\u03bd \u1f10\u03bb\u03c0\u1f77\u03b4\u03b1 \u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2 \u03c3\u03c9\u03c4\u03b7\u03c1\u1f77\u03b1\u03c2 \u03bc\u03bf\u03c5; <\/b>9\u03b2 \u1f30\u03b4\u03bf\u1f7a \u03b3\u1f70\u03c1 \u1f20\u03c6\u1f71\u03bd\u03b9\u03c3\u03c4\u03b1\u1f77 \u03c3\u03bf\u03c5 \u03c4\u1f78 \u03bc\u03bd\u03b7\u03bc\u1f79\u03c3\u03c5\u03bd\u03bf\u03bd \u1f00\u03c0\u1f78 \u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2 \u03b3\u1fc6\u03c2, \u03c5\u1f31\u03bf\u1f76 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03b8\u03c5\u03b3\u03b1\u03c4\u1f73\u03c1\u03b5\u03c2, \u1f10\u03bc\u1fc6\u03c2 \u03ba\u03bf\u03b9\u03bb\u1f77\u03b1\u03c2 \u1f60\u03b4\u1fd6\u03bd\u03b5\u03c2 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03c0\u1f79\u03bd\u03bf\u03b9, \u03bf\u1f53\u03c2 \u03b5\u1f30\u03c2 \u03c4\u1f78 \u03ba\u03b5\u03bd\u1f78\u03bd \u1f10\u03ba\u03bf\u03c0\u1f77\u03b1\u03c3\u03b1 \u03bc\u03b5\u03c4\u1f70 \u03bc\u1f79\u03c7\u03b8\u03c9\u03bd\u0387<\/b> 9\u03b3 \u03c3\u1f7b \u03c4\u03b5 \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1f78\u03c2 \u1f10\u03bd \u03c3\u03b1\u03c0\u03c1\u1f77\u1fb3 \u03c3\u03ba\u03c9\u03bb\u1f75\u03ba\u03c9\u03bd \u03ba\u1f71\u03b8\u03b7\u03c3\u03b1\u03b9 \u03b4\u03b9\u03b1\u03bd\u03c5\u03ba\u03c4\u03b5\u03c1\u03b5\u1f7b\u03c9\u03bd \u03b1\u1f34\u03b8\u03c1\u03b9\u03bf\u03c2,<\/b> 9\u03b4 \u03ba\u1f00\u03b3\u1f7c \u03c0\u03bb\u03b1\u03bd\u1fc6\u03c4\u03b9\u03c2 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03bb\u1f71\u03c4\u03c1\u03b9\u03c2, \u03c4\u1f79\u03c0\u03bf\u03bd \u1f10\u03ba \u03c4\u1f79\u03c0\u03bf\u03c5 \u03c0\u03b5\u03c1\u03b9\u03b5\u03c1\u03c7\u03bf\u03bc\u1f73\u03bd\u03b7 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03bf\u1f30\u03ba\u1f77\u03b1\u03bd \u1f10\u03be \u03bf\u1f30\u03ba\u1f77\u03b1\u03c2, \u03c0\u03c1\u03bf\u03c3\u03b4\u03b5\u03c7\u03bf\u03bc\u1f73\u03bd\u03b7 \u03c4\u1f78\u03bd \u1f25\u03bb\u03b9\u03bf\u03bd \u03c0\u1f79\u03c4\u03b5 \u03b4\u1f7b\u03c3\u03b5\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9, \u1f35\u03bd\u03b1 \u1f00\u03bd\u03b1\u03c0\u03b1\u1f7b\u03c3\u03c9\u03bc\u03b1\u03b9 \u03c4\u1ff6\u03bd \u03bc\u1f79\u03c7\u03b8\u03c9\u03bd \u03bc\u03bf\u03c5 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03c4\u1ff6\u03bd \u1f40\u03b4\u03c5\u03bd\u1ff6\u03bd, \u03b1\u1f35 \u03bc\u03b5 \u03bd\u1fe6\u03bd \u03c3\u03c5\u03bd\u1f73\u03c7\u03bf\u03c5\u03c3\u03b9\u03bd\u0387 \u1f00\u03bb\u03bb\u1f70 \u03b5\u1f30\u03c0\u1f79\u03bd \u03c4\u03b9 \u1fe5\u1fc6\u03bc\u03b1 \u03c0\u03c1\u1f78\u03c2 \u039a\u1f7b\u03c1\u03b9\u03bf\u03bd \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03c4\u03b5\u03bb\u03b5\u1f7b\u03c4\u03b1<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Job 2:9 (NETS)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Job 2:9 (English Elpenor)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Then after a long time had passed, his wife said to him, \u201cHow long will you persist and say, ‘Look, I will hang on a little longer, while I wait for the hope of my deliverance?’ For look, your legacy has vanished from the earth\u2014sons and daughters, my womb’s birth pangs and labors, for whom I wearied myself with hardships in vain. And you? You sit in the refuse of worms as you spend the night in the open air. As for me, I am one that wanders about and a hired servant\u2014from place to place and house to house, waiting for when the sun will set, so I can rest from the distresses and griefs that now beset me. Now say some word to the Lord and die!\u201d <\/span><\/td>\nAnd when much time had passed, his wife said to him, How long wilt thou hold out, saying, 9\u03b1 Behold, I wait yet a little while, expecting the hope of my deliverance? 9\u03b2 for, behold, thy memorial is abolished from the earth, [even thy] sons and daughters, the pangs and pains of my womb which I bore in vain with sorrows; 9\u03b3 and thou thyself sittest down to spend the nights in the open air among the corruption of worms, 9\u03b4 and I am a wanderer and a servant from place to place and house to house, waiting for the setting of the sun, that I may rest from my labours and my pangs which now beset me: but say some word against the Lord, and die.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
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<\/a>Job 2:10 (Tanakh)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Job 2:10 (KJV)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Job 2:10 (NET)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.<\/span><\/td>\nBut he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.<\/span><\/td>\nBut he replied, \u201cYou\u2019re talking like one of the godless women would do! Should we receive what is good from God, and not also receive what is evil?\u201d In all this Job did not sin by what he said.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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<\/a>Job 2:10 (Septuagint BLB)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Job 2:10 (Septuagint Elpenor)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\u1f41 \u03b4\u1f72 \u1f10\u03bc\u03b2\u03bb\u1f73\u03c8\u03b1\u03c2 \u03b5\u1f36\u03c0\u03b5\u03bd \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1fc7 \u1f65\u03c3\u03c0\u03b5\u03c1 \u03bc\u1f77\u03b1 \u03c4\u1ff6\u03bd \u1f00\u03c6\u03c1\u1f79\u03bd\u03c9\u03bd \u03b3\u03c5\u03bd\u03b1\u03b9\u03ba\u1ff6\u03bd \u1f10\u03bb\u1f71\u03bb\u03b7\u03c3\u03b1\u03c2 \u03b5\u1f30 \u03c4\u1f70 \u1f00\u03b3\u03b1\u03b8\u1f70 \u1f10\u03b4\u03b5\u03be\u1f71\u03bc\u03b5\u03b8\u03b1 \u1f10\u03ba \u03c7\u03b5\u03b9\u03c1\u1f78\u03c2 \u03ba\u03c5\u03c1\u1f77\u03bf\u03c5 \u03c4\u1f70 \u03ba\u03b1\u03ba\u1f70 \u03bf\u1f50\u03c7 \u1f51\u03c0\u03bf\u1f77\u03c3\u03bf\u03bc\u03b5\u03bd \u1f10\u03bd \u03c0\u1fb6\u03c3\u03b9\u03bd<\/a> <\/b>\u03c4\u03bf\u1f7b\u03c4\u03bf\u03b9\u03c2 \u03c4\u03bf\u1fd7\u03c2 \u03c3\u03c5\u03bc\u03b2\u03b5\u03b2\u03b7\u03ba\u1f79\u03c3\u03b9\u03bd \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1ff7 \u03bf\u1f50\u03b4\u1f72\u03bd \u1f25\u03bc\u03b1\u03c1\u03c4\u03b5\u03bd \u0399\u03c9\u03b2 \u03c4\u03bf\u1fd7\u03c2 \u03c7\u03b5\u1f77\u03bb\u03b5\u03c3\u03b9\u03bd \u1f10\u03bd\u03b1\u03bd\u03c4\u1f77\u03bf\u03bd \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03b8\u03b5\u03bf\u1fe6<\/span><\/td>\n\u1f41 \u03b4\u1f72 \u1f10\u03bc\u03b2\u03bb\u1f73\u03c8\u03b1\u03c2 \u03b5\u1f36\u03c0\u03b5\u03bd \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1fc7\u0387 \u1f35\u03bd\u03b1<\/a> \u03c4\u1f77<\/a> <\/b>\u1f65\u03c3\u03c0\u03b5\u03c1 \u03bc\u1f77\u03b1 \u03c4\u1ff6\u03bd \u1f00\u03c6\u03c1\u1f79\u03bd\u03c9\u03bd \u03b3\u03c5\u03bd\u03b1\u03b9\u03ba\u1ff6\u03bd \u1f10\u03bb\u1f71\u03bb\u03b7\u03c3\u03b1\u03c2 \u03bf\u1f55\u03c4\u03c9\u03c2<\/a><\/b>; \u03b5\u1f30 \u03c4\u1f70 \u1f00\u03b3\u03b1\u03b8\u1f70 \u1f10\u03b4\u03b5\u03be\u1f71\u03bc\u03b5\u03b8\u03b1 \u1f10\u03ba \u03c7\u03b5\u03b9\u03c1\u1f78\u03c2 \u039a\u03c5\u03c1\u1f77\u03bf\u03c5, \u03c4\u1f70 \u03ba\u03b1\u03ba\u1f70 \u03bf\u1f50\u03c7 \u1f51\u03c0\u03bf\u1f77\u03c3\u03bf\u03bc\u03b5\u03bd; \u1f10\u03bd \u03c0\u1fb6\u03c3\u03b9<\/a> <\/b>\u03c4\u03bf\u1f7b\u03c4\u03bf\u03b9\u03c2 \u03c4\u03bf\u1fd6\u03c2 \u03c3\u03c5\u03bc\u03b2\u03b5\u03b2\u03b7\u03ba\u1f79\u03c3\u03b9\u03bd \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1ff7 \u03bf\u1f50\u03b4\u1f72\u03bd \u1f25\u03bc\u03b1\u03c1\u03c4\u03b5\u03bd \u1fbf\u0399\u1f7c\u03b2 \u03c4\u03bf\u1fd6\u03c2 \u03c7\u03b5\u1f77\u03bb\u03b5\u03c3\u03b9\u03bd \u1f10\u03bd\u03b1\u03bd\u03c4\u1f77\u03bf\u03bd \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u0398\u03b5\u03bf\u1fe6<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Job 2:10 (NETS)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Job 2:10 (English Elpenor)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

But Iob looked up and said to her, “You have spoken like one of the foolish women. If we received the good things from the Lord’s hand, shall we not bear the bad?” In all these things that happened to him Iob did not sin at all with his lips before God. <\/span><\/td>\nBut he looked on her, and said to her, Thou hast spoken like one of the foolish women. If we have received good things of the hand of the Lord, shall we not endure evil things? In all these things that happened to him, Job sinned not at all with his lips before God.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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The Lost Son of Perdition, Part 11<\/em><\/a><\/div>\n
Back to Nothing True, Part 2<\/em><\/a><\/div>\n
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1<\/sup><\/a> Job 1:8b (NET) Table<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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2<\/sup><\/a> 1 John 4:8 (NET)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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3<\/sup><\/a> Romans 2:5 (NET) Table<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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4<\/sup><\/a> Job 1:9b, 10a (NET)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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5<\/sup><\/a> Job 1:1b (NET) Table<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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6<\/sup><\/a> Ibid.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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7<\/sup><\/a> Genesis 15:6 (NET) Table<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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8<\/sup><\/a> Job 1:1b (NET) Table<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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9<\/sup><\/a> Genesis 15:6 (NET) Table<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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10<\/sup><\/a> John 8:44 (NET) Table<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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11<\/sup><\/a> Luke 18:13 (NET) Table<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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12<\/sup><\/a> Philippians 3:9b (NET)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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13<\/sup><\/a> John 1:14a (NET)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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14<\/sup><\/a> Job 1:8b (NET) Table<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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15<\/sup><\/a> Job 1:21b (NET) Table<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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16<\/sup><\/a> 1 Corinthians 4:7b (NET)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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17<\/sup><\/a> Romans 8:32 (NET) Table<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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18<\/sup><\/a> John 13:27b (NET)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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19<\/sup><\/a> John 10:17b, 18 (NET)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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20<\/sup><\/a> The Lost Son of Perdition, Part 5<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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21<\/sup><\/a> John 13:27a (NET)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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22<\/sup><\/a> John 8:44a (NET) Table<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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23<\/sup><\/a> John 12:32 (NET)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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