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Job 1:6–7

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SATAN’S FIRST TEST OF JOB

6One day the sons of Godi came to present themselves before the Lord, and SatanB also came with them. 7The Lord asked Satan, “Where have you come from?”

“From roaming through the earth,”j Satan answered him, “and walking around on it.”

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Footnotes

  1. BOr the adversary

Cross references

  1. iGn 6:2,4; Jb 2:1; 38:7
  2. j1Pt 5:8

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also came among them. The Lord said to Satan, “From where have you come?” Satan answered the Lord and said, “From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking up and down on it.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

One day the angels came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also came with them. The Lord said to Satan, “Where have you come from?”

Satan answered the Lord, “From roaming throughout the earth, going back and forth on it.”

NLTNew Living Translation

One day the members of the heavenly court came to present themselves before the Lord, and the Accuser, Satan, came with them. “Where have you come from?” the Lord asked Satan. Satan answered the Lord, “I have been patrolling the earth, watching everything that’s going on.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And it happened one day that the sons of God came to present themselves before Yahweh, and Satan also came into their midst. So Yahweh said to Satan, “From where have you come?”

Then Satan answered Yahweh and said, “From roaming on the earth and from walking about in it.”

KJV 1900King James Version

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