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Satan answered the LORD, “I have been patrolling the earth, watching everything that’s going on.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/job/1.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />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.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/job/1.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Where have you come from?” said the LORD to Satan. “From roaming through the earth,” he replied, “and walking back and forth in it.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/job/1.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/job/1.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />And the LORD said to Satan, “From where do you come?” So Satan answered the LORD and said, “From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking back and forth on it.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/job/1.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />The LORD said to Satan, “From where do you come?” Satan answered the LORD and said, “From roaming about on the earth and walking around on it.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/job/1.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />The LORD said to Satan, &#8220From where do you come?&#8221 Then Satan answered the LORD and said, &#8220From roaming about on the earth and walking around on it.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/job/1.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />And the LORD said to Satan, “From where do you come?” Then Satan answered the LORD and said, “From roaming about on the earth and walking around on it.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/job/1.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />And Yahweh said to Satan, “From where do you come?” Then Satan answered Yahweh and said, “From roaming about on the earth and walking around on it.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/job/1.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />The LORD said to Satan, “From where have you come?” Then Satan answered the LORD, “From roaming around on the earth and from walking around on it.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/job/1.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The LORD asked Satan, “Where have you come from? ” “From roaming through the earth,” Satan answered him, “and walking around on it.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/job/1.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The LORD asked Satan, &#8220Where have you come from?&#8221 &#8220From roaming through the earth,&#8221 Satan answered Him, &#8220and walking around on it.&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/job/1.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And Jehovah said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered Jehovah, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/job/1.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />the LORD asked, "Satan, where have you been?" Satan replied, "I have been going all over the earth." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/job/1.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/job/1.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />The LORD asked Satan, "Where have you come from?" Satan answered the LORD, "From wandering all over the earth."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/job/1.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The LORD asked him, "What have you been doing?" Satan answered, "I have been walking here and there, roaming around the earth." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/job/1.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />The LORD asked Satan, "Where have you come from?" In response, Satan answered the LORD, "From wandering all over the earth and walking back and forth throughout it."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/job/1.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />?Where have you come from?? said the LORD to Satan. ?From roaming through the earth,? he replied, ?and walking back and forth in it.?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/job/1.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />The LORD said to Satan, "Where have you come from?" And Satan answered the LORD, "From roving about on the earth, and from walking back and forth across it."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/job/1.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />The LORD said to Satan, "Where have you come from?" Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, "From going back and forth on the earth, and from walking up and down on it."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/job/1.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And the LORD said to Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking up and down upon it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/job/1.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Yahweh said to Satan, “Where have you come from?” Then Satan answered Yahweh, and said, “From going back and forth in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.” <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/job/1.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And YHWH says to Satan, “Where do you come from?” And Satan answers YHWH and says, “From going to and fro in the land, and from walking up and down on it.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/job/1.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And Jehovah saith unto the Adversary, 'Whence comest thou?' And the Adversary answereth Jehovah and saith, 'From going to and fro in the land, and from walking up and down on it.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/job/1.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And Jehovah will say to the adversary, From whence wilt thou come? And the adversary will answer Jehovah, and say, From running to and fro in the earth, and from walking about in it.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/job/1.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And the Lord said to him: Whence comest thou ? And he answered and said: I have gone round about the earth, and walked through it. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/job/1.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />The Lord said to him, “Where do you come from?” Answering, he said, “I have circled the land, and walked around in it.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/job/1.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />The LORD said to the satan, “Where have you been?” Then the satan answered the LORD and said, “Roaming the earth and patrolling it.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/job/1.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />The LORD said to Satan, “Where have you come from?” Satan answered the LORD, “From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking up and down on it.”<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/job/1.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And the LORD said to Satan, Whence have you come? Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking on it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/job/1.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And LORD JEHOVAH said to Satan: “From where have you come?” Satan answered and said to LORD JEHOVAH: “I have been going around the earth and I have been walking in it.”<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/job/1.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />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.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/job/1.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And the Lord said to the devil, Whence art thou come? And the devil answered the Lord, and said, I am come from compassing the earth, and walking up and down in the world.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/job/1-7.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=63" 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>One day the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came with them. <span class="reftext">7</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/370.htm" title="370: mê·’a·yin (Prep-m:: Adv) -- Whence?. Probably identical with 'ayin in the sense of query.">“Where</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: tā·ḇō (V-Qal-Imperf-2ms) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">have you come from?”</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: way·yō·mer (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">said</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/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">to</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.">Satan.</a> <a href="/hebrew/7751.htm" title="7751: miš·šūṭ (Prep-m:: V-Qal-Inf) -- A primitive root; properly, to push forth; to lash, i.e. to row; by implication, to travel.">“From roaming</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: bā·’ā·reṣ (Prep-b, Art:: N-fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">through the earth,”</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.">he</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></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."></a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: way·yō·mar (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6030.htm" title="6030: way·ya·‘an (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To answer, respond.">replied,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1980.htm" title="1980: ū·mê·hiṯ·hal·lêḵ (Conj-w, Prep-m:: V-Hitpael-Inf) -- To go, come, walk. Akin to yalak; a primitive root; to walk.">“and walking back and forth</a> <a href="/hebrew/bāh (Prep:: 3fs) -- ">in it.”</a> </span><span class="reftext">8</span>Then the LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job? For there is no one on earth like him, a man who is blameless and upright, who fears God and shuns evil.”…<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="/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="/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="/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/2-11.htm">2 Corinthians 2:11</a></span><br />in order that Satan should not outwit us. For we are not unaware of his schemes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ephesians/6-11.htm">Ephesians 6:11-12</a></span><br />Put on the full armor of God, so that you can make your stand against the devil’s schemes. / 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="/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="/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="/genesis/3-1.htm">Genesis 3:1-5</a></span><br />Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field that the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden?’” / The woman answered the serpent, “We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden, / but about the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden, God has said, ‘You must not eat of it or touch it, or you will die.’” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/21-1.htm">1 Chronicles 21:1</a></span><br />Then Satan rose up against Israel and incited David to take a census of Israel.<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="/james/4-7.htm">James 4:7</a></span><br />Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/20-2.htm">Revelation 20:2</a></span><br />He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/13-19.htm">Matthew 13:19</a></span><br />When anyone hears the message of the kingdom but does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is the seed sown along the path.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/4-15.htm">Mark 4:15</a></span><br />Some are like the seeds along the path, where the word is sown. As soon as they hear it, Satan comes and takes away the word that was sown in them.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And the LORD said to Satan, From where come you? Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.</p><p class="hdg">Whence.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/2-2.htm">Job 2:2</a></b></br> And the LORD said unto Satan, From whence comest thou? And Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_kings/5-25.htm">2 Kings 5:25</a></b></br> But he went in, and stood before his master. And Elisha said unto him, Whence <i>comest thou</i>, Gehazi? And he said, Thy servant went no whither.</p><p class="hdg">From going.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/zechariah/1-10.htm">Zechariah 1:10,11</a></b></br> And the man that stood among the myrtle trees answered and said, These <i>are they</i> whom the LORD hath sent to walk to and fro through the earth… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/zechariah/6-7.htm">Zechariah 6:7</a></b></br> And the bay went forth, and sought to go that they might walk to and fro through the earth: and he said, Get you hence, walk to and fro through the earth. So they walked to and fro through the earth.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/matthew/12-43.htm">Matthew 12:43</a></b></br> When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/job/1-6.htm">Adversary</a> <a href="/esther/4-3.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/esther/9-15.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/16-9.htm">Fro</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-8.htm">Roaming</a> <a href="/job/1-6.htm">Satan</a> <a href="/esther/2-11.htm">Walking</a> <a href="/nehemiah/1-8.htm">Wandering</a> <a href="/nehemiah/4-12.htm">Whence</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/job/1-8.htm">Adversary</a> <a href="/job/1-8.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/job/1-11.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/job/2-2.htm">Fro</a> <a href="/job/2-2.htm">Roaming</a> <a href="/job/1-8.htm">Satan</a> <a href="/job/2-2.htm">Walking</a> <a href="/job/2-2.htm">Wandering</a> <a href="/job/2-2.htm">Whence</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'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/1.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/job/1.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>“Where have you come from?” said the LORD to Satan.</b><br>This question from the LORD to Satan is not due to a lack of knowledge, as God is omniscient. Instead, it serves to initiate a dialogue that reveals Satan's activities and intentions. The setting is a heavenly council, a concept found in other parts of Scripture, such as <a href="/1_kings/22-19.htm">1 Kings 22:19-22</a>, where God interacts with spiritual beings. This interaction underscores the sovereignty of God over all creation, including the spiritual realm. The question also highlights the accountability that even rebellious beings like Satan have before God.<p><b>“From roaming through the earth,” he replied,</b><br>Satan's response indicates his role as an adversary and accuser, as seen in <a href="/1_peter/5-8.htm">1 Peter 5:8</a>, where he is described as prowling around like a roaring lion. The phrase suggests a restlessness and a search for opportunities to challenge and accuse humanity. This roaming can be seen as a metaphor for his influence and presence in the world, seeking to undermine God's creation. The earth, in biblical terms, is often depicted as the domain where spiritual battles occur, as seen in <a href="/ephesians/6-12.htm">Ephesians 6:12</a>.<p><b>“and walking back and forth in it.”</b><br>This phrase emphasizes Satan's persistent and thorough examination of the earth, reflecting his intent to find fault and cause harm. It echoes the language of <a href="/zechariah/1-10.htm">Zechariah 1:10-11</a>, where angelic beings patrol the earth, but in contrast, Satan's purpose is malevolent. The imagery of walking back and forth suggests a comprehensive and relentless pursuit, akin to the adversarial role he plays in the lives of believers. This activity foreshadows the trials that Job will face, serving as a test of his faith and integrity.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD</a></b><br>The sovereign God who is omniscient and omnipresent, engaging in a dialogue with Satan.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/s/satan.htm">Satan</a></b><br>The adversary, whose name in Hebrew means "accuser" or "adversary," presenting himself before God.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_earth.htm">The Earth</a></b><br>The realm where Satan claims to have been roaming, indicating his active presence and influence in the world.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/h/heavenly_court.htm">Heavenly Court</a></b><br>The setting of this dialogue, where spiritual beings present themselves before God, indicating a divine council.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/j/job.htm">Job</a></b><br>Though not directly mentioned in this verse, he is the central human figure in the account, whose faith and righteousness are about to be tested.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty.htm">God's Sovereignty</a></b><br>Recognize that God is in control and aware of all that happens, even the activities of Satan.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_reality_of_spiritual_warfare.htm">The Reality of Spiritual Warfare</a></b><br>Understand that Satan is actively seeking to challenge and accuse believers, necessitating vigilance and spiritual preparedness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_nature_of_satan.htm">The Nature of Satan</a></b><br>Acknowledge Satan's role as the adversary who roams the earth, looking for opportunities to undermine faith and righteousness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/faith_under_trial.htm">Faith Under Trial</a></b><br>Be prepared for trials and tests of faith, knowing that God allows them for His purposes and our growth.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_protection_and_purpose.htm">God's Protection and Purpose</a></b><br>Trust in God's protection and His ultimate purpose, even when facing adversities orchestrated by Satan.<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/what's_satan's_role_in_the_bible.htm">What is Satan's role according to the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_on_polygamy.htm">What are the Courts of Heaven?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_the_unquenchable_fire.htm">How does Job remain faithful amidst immense suffering?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/can_satan_read_human_thoughts.htm">Can Satan read human thoughts?</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>(7) <span class= "bld">From going to and fro . . .</span>--Compare our Lord's words in <a href="/matthew/13-25.htm" title="But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way.">Matthew 13:25</a> : "and went his way." St. Peter evidently had this passage in mind (<a href="/1_peter/5-8.htm" title="Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walks about, seeking whom he may devour:">1Peter 5:8</a>, "walketh about").<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/job/1.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 7.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">And the Lord said unto Satan, Whence comest thou?</span> God condescends to address the evil spirit, and asks him questions - not that anything could be added to his own knowledge, but that the angels, who were present (ver. 6), might hear and have their attention called to the doings of Satan, which would need to be watched by them, and sometimes to be restrained or (it may be) prevented (comp. <a href="/1_kings/22-20.htm">1 Kings 22:20</a>, where again the colloquy is opened by God asking a question). <span class="cmt_word">Then Satan answered the Lord, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.</span> Satan, therefore, is not himself, like the bulk of his evil angels, "reserved in everlasting <span class="accented">chains</span> under darkness to the judgment of the last day" (<a href="/jude/1-6.htm">Jude 1:6</a>). He searches the whole earth continually, never passing, never resting, but "going about<span class="accented"></span>," as St. Peter says (<a href="/1_peter/5-8.htm">1 Peter 5:8</a>), "like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour," waiting till the coming of the "thousand years," when an angel will "bind him with a great chain, and cast him into the bottom-less pit" (<a href="/revelation/20-1.htm">Revelation 20:1, 2</a>). It will be a happy day for the earth when that time comes. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/job/1-7.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">“Where</span><br /><span class="heb">מֵאַ֣יִן</span> <span class="translit">(mê·’a·yin)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_370.htm">Strong's 370: </a> </span><span class="str2">Whence?</span><br /><br /><span class="word">have you come from?”</span><br /><span class="heb">תָּבֹ֑א</span> <span class="translit">(tā·ḇō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second 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">said</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיֹּ֧אמֶר</span> <span class="translit">(way·yō·mer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> </span><span class="str2">To utter, say</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָ֛ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3069.htm">Strong's 3069: </a> </span><span class="str2">YHWH</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶל־</span> <span class="translit">(’el-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> </span><span class="str2">Near, with, among, to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">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">“From roaming</span><br /><span class="heb">מִשּׁ֣וּט</span> <span class="translit">(miš·šūṭ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7751.htm">Strong's 7751: </a> </span><span class="str2">To push forth, to lash, to row, to travel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">through the earth,”</span><br /><span class="heb">בָּאָ֔רֶץ</span> <span class="translit">(bā·’ā·reṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> </span><span class="str2">Earth, land</span><br /><br /><span class="word">he</span><br /><span class="heb">הַשָּׂטָ֤ן</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">replied,</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיַּ֨עַן</span> <span class="translit">(way·ya·‘an)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6030.htm">Strong's 6030: </a> </span><span class="str2">To answer, respond</span><br /><br /><span class="word">“and from walking back and forth</span><br /><span class="heb">וּמֵֽהִתְהַלֵּ֖ךְ</span> <span class="translit">(ū·mê·hiṯ·hal·lêḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m | Verb - Hitpael - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1980.htm">Strong's 1980: </a> </span><span class="str2">To go, come, walk</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in it.”</span><br /><span class="heb">בָּֽהּ׃</span> <span class="translit">(bāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> </span><span class="str2"></span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/job/1-7.htm">Job 1:7 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/job/1-7.htm">Job 1:7 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/job/1-7.htm">Job 1:7 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/job/1-7.htm">Job 1:7 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/job/1-7.htm">Job 1:7 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/job/1-7.htm">Job 1:7 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/job/1-7.htm">Job 1:7 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/job/1-7.htm">Job 1:7 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/job/1-7.htm">Job 1:7 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/job/1-7.htm">Job 1:7 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/job/1-7.htm">OT Poetry: Job 1:7 Yahweh said to Satan Where have you (Jb) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/job/1-6.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 1:6"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 1:6" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/job/1-8.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 1:8"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 1:8" /></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>