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title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/job/1.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />One day the angels came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came with them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/job/1.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />One day the members of the heavenly court came to present themselves before the LORD, and the Accuser, Satan, came with them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/job/1.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came among them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/job/1.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />One day the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came with them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/job/1.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/job/1.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came among them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/job/1.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came among them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/job/1.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came among them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/job/1.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came among them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/job/1.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Now it was the day that the sons of God came to stand before Yahweh, and Satan also came among them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/job/1.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Now there was a day when the sons of God (angels) came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan (adversary, accuser) also came among them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/job/1.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />One day the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came with them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/job/1.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />One day the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came with them. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/job/1.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/job/1.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />One day, when the angels had gathered around the LORD, and Satan was there with them, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/job/1.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/job/1.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />One day when the sons of God came to stand in front of the LORD, Satan the Accuser came along with them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/job/1.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />When the day came for the heavenly beings to appear before the LORD, Satan was there among them. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/job/1.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />One day, divine beings presented themselves to the LORD, and Satan accompanied them. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/job/1.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />One day the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came with them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/job/1.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Now the day came when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD--and Satan also arrived among them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/job/1.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Now it happened on the day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, that Satan also came among them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/job/1.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/job/1.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Now on the day when God’s sons came to present themselves before Yahweh, Satan also came among them. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/job/1.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And the day is, that sons of God come to station themselves by YHWH, and there also comes Satan in their midst.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/job/1.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/job/1.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And the day will be and the sons of God will come to stand before God, and also the adversary will come in the midst of them.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/job/1.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Now on a certain day when the sons of God came to stand before the Lord, Satan also was present among them. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/job/1.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />But on a certain day, when the sons of God came to attend in the presence of the Lord, Satan also arrived among them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/job/1.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />One day, when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, the satan also came among them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/job/1.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />One day the heavenly beings came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came among them.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/job/1.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present them selves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/job/1.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And the day came and the Sons of God came to stand before LORD JEHOVAH, and Satan came also in their midst to stand before LORD JEHOVAH.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/job/1.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Now it fell upon a day, that the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/job/1.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And it came to pass on a day, that behold, the angels of God came to stand before the Lord, and the devil came with them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/job/1-6.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XAwuD5NuZq0?start=56" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/job/1.htm">Satan's First Attack</a></span><br> <span class="reftext">6</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: way·hî (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: hay·yō·wm (Art:: N-ms) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">One day</a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: bə·nê (N-mpc) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">the sons</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm (Art:: N-mp) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">of God</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: way·yā·ḇō·’ū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">came</a> <a href="/hebrew/3320.htm" title="3320: lə·hiṯ·yaṣ·ṣêḇ (Prep-l:: V-Hitpael-Inf) -- To set or station oneself, take one's stand. A primitive root; to place; reflexively, to station, offer, continue.">to present</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">themselves before</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7854.htm" title="7854: haś·śā·ṭān (Art:: N-ms) -- From satan; an opponent; especially Satan, the arch-enemy of good.">and Satan</a> <a href="/hebrew/1571.htm" title="1571: ḡam- (Conj) -- Also, moreover, yea. ">also</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: way·yā·ḇō·w (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">came</a> <a href="/hebrew/8432.htm" title="8432: bə·ṯō·w·ḵām (Prep-b:: N-msc:: 3mp) -- Midst. From an unused root meaning to sever; a bisection, i.e. the centre.">with them.</a> </span><span class="reftext">7</span>“Where have you come from?” said the LORD to Satan. “From roaming through the earth,” he replied, “and walking back and forth in it.”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/12-9.htm">Revelation 12:9-10</a></span><br />And the great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him. / And I heard a loud voice in heaven saying: “Now have come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of His Christ. For the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down—he who accuses them day and night before our God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/5-8.htm">1 Peter 5:8</a></span><br />Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zechariah/3-1.htm">Zechariah 3:1-2</a></span><br />Then the angel showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, with Satan standing at his right hand to accuse him. / And the LORD said to Satan: “The LORD rebukes you, Satan! Indeed, the LORD, who has chosen Jerusalem, rebukes you! Is not this man a firebrand snatched from the fire?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/22-31.htm">Luke 22:31</a></span><br />Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift all of you like wheat.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/11-14.htm">2 Corinthians 11:14</a></span><br />And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ephesians/6-12.htm">Ephesians 6:12</a></span><br />For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this world’s darkness, and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/4-1.htm">Matthew 4:1-11</a></span><br />Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. / After fasting forty days and forty nights, He was hungry. / The tempter came to Him and said, “If You are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_john/3-8.htm">1 John 3:8</a></span><br />The one who practices sin is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the very start. This is why the Son of God was revealed, to destroy the works of the devil.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/6-2.htm">Genesis 6:2</a></span><br />the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful, and they took as wives whomever they chose.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jude/1-9.htm">Jude 1:9</a></span><br />But even the archangel Michael, when he disputed with the devil over the body of Moses, did not presume to bring a slanderous charge against him, but said, “The Lord rebuke you!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/18-18.htm">2 Chronicles 18:18-21</a></span><br />Micaiah continued, “Therefore hear the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting on His throne, and all the host of heaven standing on His right and on His left. / And the LORD said, ‘Who will entice Ahab king of Israel to march up and fall at Ramoth-gilead?’ And one suggested this, and another that. / Then a spirit came forward, stood before the LORD, and said, ‘I will entice him.’ ‘By what means?’ asked the LORD. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/daniel/10-12.htm">Daniel 10:12-13</a></span><br />“Do not be afraid, Daniel,” he said, “for from the first day that you purposed to understand and to humble yourself before your God, your words were heard, and I have come in response to them. / However, the prince of the kingdom of Persia opposed me for twenty-one days. Then Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me, for I had been left there with the kings of Persia.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/8-44.htm">John 8:44</a></span><br />You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out his desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, refusing to uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, because he is a liar and the father of lies.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/14-12.htm">Isaiah 14:12-15</a></span><br />How you have fallen from heaven, O day star, son of the dawn! You have been cut down to the ground, O destroyer of nations. / You said in your heart: “I will ascend to the heavens; I will raise my throne above the stars of God. I will sit on the mount of assembly, in the far reaches of the north. / I will ascend above the tops of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/22-19.htm">1 Kings 22:19-22</a></span><br />Micaiah continued, “Therefore hear 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 and on His left. / And the LORD said, ‘Who will entice Ahab to march up and fall at Ramoth-gilead?’ And one suggested this, and another that. / Then a spirit came forward, stood before the LORD, and said, ‘I will entice him.’ ‘By what means?’ asked the LORD. ...</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them.</p><p class="hdg">Now.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/2-1.htm">Job 2:1</a></b></br> 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.</p><p class="hdg">the sons.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/38-7.htm">Job 38:7</a></b></br> When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/daniel/3-25.htm">Daniel 3:25</a></b></br> He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/luke/3-38.htm">Luke 3:38</a></b></br> Which was <i>the son</i> of Enos, which was <i>the son</i> of Seth, which was <i>the son</i> of Adam, which was <i>the son</i> of God.</p><p class="hdg">came to.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/103-20.htm">Psalm 103:20</a></b></br> Bless the LORD, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/matthew/18-10.htm">Matthew 18:10</a></b></br> 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.</p><p class="hdg">Satan.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/22-19.htm">1 Kings 22:19</a></b></br> 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.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_chronicles/21-1.htm">1 Chronicles 21:1</a></b></br> And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/zechariah/3-1.htm">Zechariah 3:1</a></b></br> 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.</p><p class="hdg">came also.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/john/6-70.htm">John 6:70</a></b></br> Jesus answered them, Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil?</p><p class="hdg">among them.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/esther/9-24.htm">Adversary</a> <a href="/genesis/32-1.htm">Angels</a> <a href="/esther/9-3.htm">Fell</a> <a href="/ezra/1-7.htm">Gods</a> <a href="/nehemiah/10-29.htm">God's</a> <a href="/esther/4-1.htm">Midst</a> <a href="/esther/4-16.htm">Present</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/21-1.htm">Satan</a> <a href="/nehemiah/13-11.htm">Station</a> <a href="/esther/9-31.htm">Themselves</a> <a href="/esther/10-2.htm">Together</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/job/1-7.htm">Adversary</a> <a href="/job/2-1.htm">Angels</a> <a href="/job/1-13.htm">Fell</a> <a href="/job/2-1.htm">Gods</a> <a href="/job/1-22.htm">God's</a> <a href="/job/2-1.htm">Midst</a> <a href="/job/2-1.htm">Present</a> <a href="/job/1-7.htm">Satan</a> <a href="/job/2-1.htm">Station</a> <a href="/job/1-17.htm">Themselves</a> <a href="/job/1-18.htm">Together</a><div class="vheading2">Job 1</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/1-1.htm">The holiness, riches, and reverent care of Job for his children.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/1-6.htm">Satan, appearing before God, obtains leave to afflict Job.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/1-13.htm">Understanding of the loss of his children and goods, in his mourning Job blesses God.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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It indicates a particular time when a significant occurrence took place, emphasizing the narrative's historical and theological importance.<p><b>the sons of God</b><br>In the Old Testament, "sons of God" often refers to angelic beings. This phrase suggests a gathering of divine beings in the heavenly court. The term is used similarly in <a href="/genesis/6-2.htm">Genesis 6:2</a> and <a href="/job/38-7.htm">Job 38:7</a>, indicating beings created by God who serve Him.<p><b>came to present themselves</b><br>This implies a formal assembly or meeting, suggesting accountability and order in the heavenly realm. It reflects the idea of divine beings reporting to God, similar to a royal court where subjects present themselves before a king.<p><b>before the LORD</b><br>The use of "LORD" in all capitals signifies the divine name YHWH, emphasizing God's sovereignty and authority. This setting underscores God's supreme rule over all creation, including the spiritual realm.<p><b>and Satan also came with them</b><br>Satan's presence among the "sons of God" highlights his role as the accuser or adversary. The Hebrew term "Satan" means "adversary" or "accuser," and his appearance here sets the stage for the testing of Job's faith. This scene is reminiscent of <a href="/zechariah/3.htm">Zechariah 3:1-2</a>, where Satan stands to accuse Joshua the high priest, illustrating his role in challenging the righteousness of God's people.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_sons_of_god.htm">The Sons of God</a></b><br>This term refers to angelic beings who serve and worship God. In the Hebrew text, "sons of God" is (bene ha'elohim), indicating beings created by God who have access to His presence.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD</a></b><br>The covenant name of God, "Yahweh" in Hebrew, representing the personal and relational aspect of God with His creation.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/s/satan.htm">Satan</a></b><br>The adversary or accuser, (satan) in Hebrew, who opposes God and His people. In this context, Satan appears as a challenger to the integrity of Job.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/h/heavenly_assembly.htm">Heavenly Assembly</a></b><br>The setting is a divine council where God meets with His heavenly hosts, a concept seen in other parts of Scripture where God interacts with His spiritual creation.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/j/job.htm">Job</a></b><br>Although not directly mentioned in this verse, Job is the central human figure in the account, whose faith and righteousness are tested through the events initiated in this heavenly council.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/u/understanding_spiritual_realities.htm">Understanding Spiritual Realities</a></b><br>Recognize that there is a spiritual realm where God interacts with His creation, including both faithful and fallen beings. This awareness should encourage believers to live with an eternal perspective.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_satan.htm">The Role of Satan</a></b><br>Acknowledge Satan's role as an accuser and adversary. Believers should be vigilant and rely on God's strength to resist his schemes.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty.htm">God's Sovereignty</a></b><br>Trust in God's ultimate authority and control over all creation, including the spiritual realm. This trust should lead to peace and confidence in God's plans.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/i/integrity_in_trials.htm">Integrity in Trials</a></b><br>Like Job, believers are called to maintain integrity and faithfulness, even when facing trials and accusations. This steadfastness is a testimony to God's sustaining grace.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/community_of_believers.htm">Community of Believers</a></b><br>The concept of a heavenly assembly can remind us of the importance of community and accountability among believers on earth, encouraging mutual support and prayer.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_job_1.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Job 1</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_satan_real.htm">Is Satan real?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_role_does_satan_play_in_the_bible.htm">What role does Satan play in the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_did_god_permit_satan_to_test_job.htm">Why did God permit Satan to test Job?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_god_allow_satan_to_exist.htm">If Satan is the source of evil, why does God allow him to exist instead of destroying him immediately?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/job/1.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(6) <span class= "bld">Sons of God.</span>--Comp. <a href="/job/38-7.htm" title="When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?">Job 38:7</a>, <a href="/genesis/6-2.htm" title="That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.">Genesis 6:2</a>; <a href="/genesis/6-4.htm" title="There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of men, and they bore children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.">Genesis 6:4</a>; and for the sense comp. <a href="/1_kings/22-19.htm" title="And he said, Hear you 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.">1Kings 22:19</a>. The phrase probably means <span class= "ital">the angels;</span> or at all events an incident in the unseen spiritual world is referred to simultaneous with a corresponding one on earth. (Comp. <a href="/1_corinthians/11-10.htm" title="For this cause ought the woman to have power on her head because of the angels.">1Corinthians 11:10</a>.) In the latter sense, a solemn thought is suggested by it to those who join in the public worship of God.<p><span class= "bld">Satan.</span>--The word appears in the Old Testament as the name of a specific person only here and in <a href="/zechariah/3-2.htm" title="And the LORD said to Satan, The LORD rebuke you, O Satan; even the LORD that has chosen Jerusalem rebuke you: is not this a brand plucked out of the fire?">Zechariah 3:2</a>, and possibly in <a href="/1_chronicles/21-1.htm" title="And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel.">1Chronicles 21:1</a> and <a href="/psalms/109-6.htm" title="Set you a wicked man over him: and let Satan stand at his right hand.">Psalm 109:6</a>. If this psalm is David's, according to the inscription, no reliance can be placed on speculations as to the late introduction of a belief in Satan among the Jews, nor, therefore, on any as to the lateness of these early chapters of Job. Precisely the same word is used, apparently as a common name, in the history of Balaam (<a href="/numbers/22-22.htm" title="And God's anger was kindled because he went: and the angel of the LORD stood in the way for an adversary against him. Now he was riding on his ass, and his two servants were with him.">Numbers 22:22</a>; <a href="/numbers/22-32.htm" title="And the angel of the LORD said to him, Why have you smitten your ass these three times? behold, I went out to withstand you, because your way is perverse before me:">Numbers 22:32</a>), also in <a href="/1_samuel/29-4.htm" title="And the princes of the Philistines were wroth with him; and the princes of the Philistines said to him, Make this fellow return, that he may go again to his place which you have appointed him, and let him not go down with us to battle, lest in the battle he be an adversary to us: for with which should he reconcile himself to his master? should it not be with the heads of these men?">1Samuel 29:4</a>, and <a href="/1_kings/5-4.htm" title="But now the LORD my God has given me rest on every side, so that there is neither adversary nor evil result.">1Kings 5:4</a>; <a href="/1_kings/11-14.htm" title="And the LORD stirred up an adversary to Solomon, Hadad the Edomite: he was of the king's seed in Edom.">1Kings 11:14</a>; <a href="/1_kings/11-23.htm" title="And God stirred him up another adversary, Rezon the son of Eliadah, which fled from his lord Hadadezer king of Zobah:">1Kings 11:23</a>; <a href="/1_kings/11-25.htm" title="And he was an adversary to Israel all the days of Solomon, beside the mischief that Hadad did: and he abhorred Israel, and reigned over Syria.">1Kings 11:25</a>, where it can hardly be otherwise. Here only and in Zechariah it is found with the definite article "the adversary." The theory of the personality of the evil one must largely depend upon the view we take of these and other passages of Scripture as containing an authoritative revelation. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/job/1.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 6.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord</span>. By "the sons of God" it is generally admitted that, in this place, the angels are meant (so again in <a href="/job/38-7.htm">Job 38:7</a>). The meaning of the phrase is probably different in <a href="/genesis/6-2.htm">Genesis 6:2</a>. Angels and men are alike "sons of God," as created by him, in his image, to obey and serve him. Christ, the "Only Begotten," is his Son in quite a different sense. We may gather, perhaps, from this place and <a href="/job/2-1.htm">Job 2:1</a> that there are fixed times at which the angelic host, often sent out by the Almighty on distant errands, has to gather together, one and all, before the great white throne, to pay homage to their Lord, and probably to give an account of their doings<span class="cmt_word">. And Satan came also among them</span>. The word "Satan" has the article prefixed to it <span class="hebrew">השׂתן</span> here and elsewhere in Job, as in <a href="/zechariah/3-1.htm">Zechariah 3:1, 2</a> and in <a href="/luke/22-31.htm">Luke 22:31</a>; <a href="/revelation/12-9.htm">Revelation 12:9</a>. Thus accompanied, it is less a proper name than an appellative - "the adversary" (comp. <a href="/1_peter/5-8.htm">1 Peter 5:8</a>; <span class="greek">ὁ ἀντίδικος</span>). In <a href="/1_chronicles/21-1.htm">1 Chronicles 21:1</a>, without the article, it is undoubtedly a proper name, as in the New Testament, <span class="accented">passim</span>. Accusation of men before God is one of the special offices of the evil spirit (see <a href="/zechariah/3-1.htm">Zechariah 3:1, 2</a>), who is "the accuser of the brethren, he that accuses them before God day and night" (<a href="/revelation/12-10.htm">Revelation 12:10</a>). The accusations that he makes may be either true or false, but they are so often false that his ordinary New Testament name is <span class="greek">ὁ διάβολος</span>, "the Slanderer." The existence of an evil spirit must have been known to all who read or heard the story of the fall of man (<a href="/genesis/3.htm">Genesis 3</a>.), and the descriptive epithet, "the Adversary," is likely to have been in use from a very early date. The notion that the Satan of the Old Testament is a reflex of the Persian Ahriman, and that the Jews derived their belief upon the subject from the Persians, is quite untenable. The character and position of Satan in the Hebrew system are quite unlike those of Ahriman (<span class="accented">Angro-mainyus</span>) in the religion of the Zoroastrians (see 'Ancient Monarchies,' vol. 3. pp. 104-113). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/job/1-6.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">One day</span><br /><span class="heb">הַיּ֔וֹם</span> <span class="translit">(hay·yō·wm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> </span><span class="str2">A day</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the sons</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּנֵ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(bə·nê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> </span><span class="str2">A son</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of God</span><br /><span class="heb">הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים</span> <span class="translit">(hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> </span><span class="str2">gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative</span><br /><br /><span class="word">came</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙</span> <span class="translit">(way·yā·ḇō·’ū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> </span><span class="str2">To come in, come, go in, go</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to present</span><br /><span class="heb">לְהִתְיַצֵּ֖ב</span> <span class="translit">(lə·hiṯ·yaṣ·ṣêḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Verb - Hitpael - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3320.htm">Strong's 3320: </a> </span><span class="str2">To set or station oneself, take one's stand</span><br /><br /><span class="word">themselves before</span><br /><span class="heb">עַל־</span> <span class="translit">(‘al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the LORD,</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָ֑ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and Satan</span><br /><span class="heb">הַשָּׂטָ֖ן</span> <span class="translit">(haś·śā·ṭān)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7854.htm">Strong's 7854: </a> </span><span class="str2">An opponent -- Satan, the arch-enemy of good</span><br /><br /><span class="word">also</span><br /><span class="heb">גַֽם־</span> <span class="translit">(ḡam-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1571.htm">Strong's 1571: </a> </span><span class="str2">Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and</span><br /><br /><span class="word">came</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיָּב֥וֹא</span> <span class="translit">(way·yā·ḇō·w)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> </span><span class="str2">To come in, come, go in, go</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with them.</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּתוֹכָֽם׃</span> <span class="translit">(bə·ṯō·w·ḵām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8432.htm">Strong's 8432: </a> </span><span class="str2">A bisection, the centre</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/job/1-6.htm">Job 1:6 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/job/1-6.htm">Job 1:6 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/job/1-6.htm">Job 1:6 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/job/1-6.htm">Job 1:6 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/job/1-6.htm">Job 1:6 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/job/1-6.htm">Job 1:6 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/job/1-6.htm">Job 1:6 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/job/1-6.htm">Job 1:6 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/job/1-6.htm">Job 1:6 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/job/1-6.htm">Job 1:6 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/job/1-6.htm">OT Poetry: Job 1:6 Now it happened on the day when (Jb) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/job/1-5.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 1:5"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 1:5" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/job/1-7.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 1:7"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 1:7" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>