Job 1:6
“¶ Now there was a day, when the sons of God came to present themselues before the Lord, and Satan came also among them.”
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Job 1:6 Context
4And his sonnes went and feasted in their houses, euery one his day, and sent and called for their three sisters, to eate and to drinke with them. 5And it was so, when the dayes of their feasting were gone about, that Iob sent and sanctified them, and rose vp early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all: For Iob said, It may be that my sonnes haue sinned, and cursed God in their hearts: Thus did Iob continually. 6¶ Now there was a day, when the sons of God came to present themselues before the Lord, and Satan came also among them. 7And the Lord said vnto Satan, Whence commest thou? Then Satan answered the Lord, and sayde, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking vp and downe in it. 8And the Lord sayd vnto Satan, Hast thou considered my seruant Iob, that there is none like him in the earth? a perfect and an vpright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth euill?
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Other Translations for Job 1:6
Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them.
- King James Version
Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came among them.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
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.
- American Standard Version (1901)
And there was a day when the sons of the gods came together before the Lord, and the Satan came with them.
- Basic English Bible
And there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before Jehovah; and Satan came also among them.
- Darby Bible
Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them.
- Webster's Bible
Now it happened on the day when God's sons came to present themselves before Yahweh, that Satan also came among them.
- World English Bible
And the day is, that sons of God come in to station themselves by Jehovah, and there doth come also the Adversary in their midst.
- Youngs Literal Bible
Now it fell upon a day, that the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Job 1:6
1:6 A day - A certain time appointed by God. The sons - The holy angels, so called, chap.#38:7 Dan 3:25|,28, because of their creation by God, for their resemblance of him in power, and dignity, and holiness, and for their filial affection and obedience, to him. Before - Before his throne, to receive his commands, and to give him an account of their negotiations. But you must not think that these things are to be understood literally; it is only a parabolical representation of that great truth, that God by his wise and holy providence governs all the actions of men and devils: It being usual with the great God to condescend to our shallow capacities, and to express himself, as the Jews phrase it, in the language of the sons of men. And it is likewise intimated, that the affairs of earth are much the subject of the counsels of the unseen world. That world is dark to us: but we lie open to it.