Charles Spurgeon Commentary Job 1:9-10

"Then Satan answered Jehovah, and said, Doth Job fear God for nought? Hast not thou made a hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath, on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land." — Job 1:9-10 (ASV)

Doth Job fear God for nought? Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side?

The black dog of hell had been prowling around to see where he could get in, so he knew that there was a hedge right around Job, and around his house, and around all that he had. Notice how the devil insinuates that Job feared God for what he could get out of him. "His love is cupboard love," says Satan; "he is well paid by providence for his reverence to God."