Then Satan answered the Lord, “Does Job fear God for nothing?

“For the thing which I greatly fear comes upon me,
And that of which I am afraid has come upon me.

“Is not your fear of God your confidence,
And [is not] the integrity and uprightness of your ways your hope?

Dread and trembling came upon me,
Which made all my bones shake.

“For the despairing man there should be kindness from his friend;
So that he does not abandon (turn away from) the fear of the Almighty.

“Let Him take His rod away from me,
And let not the dread and fear of Him terrify me.

“Then I would speak [my defense] and not fear Him;
But I am not like that in myself.

Then, indeed, you could lift up your face [to Him] without moral defect,
And you would be firmly established and secure and not fear.

“Indeed, you are doing away with fear,
And you are diminishing meditation before God.

“Their houses are safe from fear;
And the rod of God is not on them.

“Is it because of your fear of Him that He corrects you,
That He enters into judgment against you?

“Therefore snares surround you,
And sudden dread terrifies and overwhelms you;

“Dominion and awe belong to God;
He establishes peace and order in His high places.

“But to man He said, ‘Behold, the reverential and worshipful fear of the Lord—that is wisdom;
And to depart from evil is understanding.’”

“Men therefore fear Him;
He does not regard nor respect any who are wise in heart [in their own understanding and conceit].”

“He laughs at fear and is not dismayed;
And [in battle] he does not turn back from the sword.

“Upon earth there is nothing like him—no equal exists,
A creature made without fear.