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Job 1:6

Satan
Spiritual warfareAngels and the spiritual world

4 And his sons went and feasted in their houses, every one his day; and sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them.

5 And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all: for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually.

Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them.

7 And the LORD said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.

8 And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil?

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
One day the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came with them.
KJV
Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them.
WEB
Now on the day when God’s sons came to present themselves before the LORD, Satan also came among them.
ASV
Now it came to pass on the day when the sons of God came to present themselves before Jehovah, that Satan also came among them.
DARBY
And there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before Jehovah; and Satan came also among them.
BLB
And there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before YHWH, that Satan also came into their midst.
ÅB
Så hendte det en dag at Guds sønner kom og stilte seg fram for Herren, og blant dem kom også Satan.
OTB
En dag kom Guds sønner for å presentere seg for Herren, og Satan kom også blant dem.
B1930
Så hendte det en dag at Guds sønner kom og stilte sig frem for Herren, og blandt dem kom også Satan.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Job 2:1

    Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them to present himself before the LORD.

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  • Job 38:7

    When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?

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  • Zechariah 3:1

    And he shewed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, and Satan standing at his right hand to resist him.

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  • Revelation 12:9–10

    And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

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  • 1 Kings 22:19

    And he said, Hear thou therefore the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him on his right hand and on his left.

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  • 1 Chronicles 21:1

    And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel.

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  • Genesis 6:4

    There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.

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  • Matthew 18:10

    Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven.

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