Job 1:6 - Forerunner Commentary

Job 1:6

4 And his sons would go and feast in their houses, each on his appointed day, and would send and invite their three sisters to eat and drink with them.

5 So it was, when the days of feasting had run their course, that Job would send and¹ sanctify them, and he would rise early in the morning ^aand offer burnt offerings according to the number of them all. For Job said, “It may be that my sons have sinned and ^bcursed God in their hearts.” Thus Job did regularly.

Satan Attacks Job’s Character

6 Now ^athere was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and¹ Satan also came among them.

7 And the Lord said to¹ Satan, “From where do you come?” So Satan answered the Lord and said, “From ^agoing to and fro on the earth, and from walking back and forth on it.”

8 Then the Lord said to Satan, “Have you¹ considered My servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, one who fears God and² shuns evil?”

9 So Satan answered the Lord and said, “Does Job fear God for nothing?

Verse Comparison: Job 1:6

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American Standard Version
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.

Amplified® Bible
Now there was a day when the sons (the angels) of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan (the adversary and accuser) also came among them.

Contemporary English Version
One day, when the angels had gathered around the LORD, and Satan was there with them,

Darby English Version
And there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before Jehovah; and Satan came also among them.

Good News Bible
When the day came for the heavenly beings to appear before the LORD, Satan was there among them.

King 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.

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

New International Version
One day the angels came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came with them.

New 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.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Now there came a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came among them.

Revised 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.

Young's Literal Translation
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.

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