Job 1:9-11
Summary for Job 1:9-11: 1:9-11 a 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.1:10 b wall of protection: See 1 Sam 25:16 c; Pss 5:12 d; 34:7 e; Zech 2:5 f; cp. Isa 5:5 g.
Summary for Job 1:11-12: 1:11-12 h reach out ... test him ... Do whatever you want: Satan was God’s agent; the hand he put forth was the Lord’s as well as Satan’s, for here they acted against everything Job possessed and later against Job himself (2:5-6 i).
• Job later cursed the day of his birth (3:1 j, 8 k), but he did not curse God (31:30 l), even when his distraught wife urged him to do so (2:9 m).
• God allowed Satan to test Job to prove that Satan’s cynicism was incorrect (1 Cor 10:11 n; see Jas 1:13 o; cp. Luke 22:31-32 p; John 19:11 q).
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