Job 2:3

“YHWH said to the Satan, “Have you set your heart on my servant Job? For there is none like him on the earth, a man blameless and upright, fearing Elohim and turning away from evil; and he still holds fast to his integrity, though you incited me against him to swallow him up for nothing.””

Job 2:3 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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YHWHיְהוָהyehva

YHWH

The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.

Where else “yehva” appears
saidיֹּאמֶרyomer

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

Where else “yomer” appears
to the Satanשָּׂטָןsatan

Satan

A being who appears before YHWH as the accuser of people.

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“Have you setשַׂמְתָּsamta

take to heart

"Set the face": decide; "set in the heart": pay attention.

Where else “samta” appears
your heartלִבְּlib

heart

The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.

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my servantעַבְדִּavdi

servant of YHWH

YHWH's servant, like Moses or David.

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Jobאִיּוֹבiyov

Job

Job: the man of the land of Uz, blameless and upright, whose story of suffering and of questions to God is told in the book that bears his name. Ezekiel 14:14 and James 5:11 also mention him.

Where else “iyov” appears
on the earthאָרֶץarets

earth

The whole world, everything under the sky.

Where else “arets” appears
a manאִישׁish

man

An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.

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blamelessתָּםtam

blameless

Upright, without deceit.

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and uprightיָשָׁרyashar

upright

Acting well before YHWH, without bending.

Where else “yashar” appears
fearingיְרֵאyere

God-fearing

Who reveres God and so obeys him.

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Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim

Elohim

The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.

Where else “elohim” appears
and turning awayסָרsar

turn aside

To leave the road, go away.

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from evilרָעra

evil

What is evil, the opposite of good.

Where else “ra” appears
holds fastמַחֲזִיקmachazik

seize

To take hold of something or someone and not let go.

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to his integrityתֻמָּתtumat

integrity

Integrity: being whole, without double-dealing; the conduct of one who is the same inside and out. It comes from the same root as "blameless" (Job 1:1).

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though you incited meתְּסִיתֵtesite

incite, entice

Incite: push someone to do something, especially evil; entice.

Where else “tesite” appears
to swallow him upבַלְּעval

swallow

Swallow, swallow up; hence, destroy.

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for nothingחִנָּםchinam

free

Free, at no cost.

Where else “chinam” appears

Translation note

“Swallow him up”: ruin him, finish him off. “For nothing”: without cause; it is the same word with which the Satan asked whether Job feared Elohim “for nothing” (1:9).

The context

2YHWH said to the Satan, “Where do you come from?” The Satan answered YHWH and said, “From roaming the earth and walking about on it.”

3 · This verse (above)

4The Satan answered YHWH and said, “Skin for skin; and all that a man has he will give for his life.

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