Talmud zu Ijow 27:5

MISHNAH: On the same day, Joshua ben Hyrkanos explained that Job served the Holy One, praise to Him, only out of love¹⁴²His acts represent amor dei, not fear of punishment in the World to Come; cf. Mishnah 7., as it is said¹⁴³Job 13:15. The Ketib is לא איחל, the Qere לוֹ איחל. The Qere represents the majority of mss. before the Masoretes. The Mishnah shows that the difference of readings existed many Centuries before the Masoretes.: “Behold, even if He will kill me, to Him I pray.” But the matter is still in suspense¹⁴⁴Between authenticity of Ketib or Qere., “to Him I look forward” or “I do not look forward to Him”. The verse says, “until I die I shall not remove my innocence from me¹⁴⁵Job 27:5.,” this teaches that he did it out of love.