Job 1:6

And there was a day when the sons of the gods came together before the Lord, and the Satan came with them.

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In The 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.

In Context

5And at the end of their days of feasting, Job sent and made them clean, getting up early in the morning and offering burned offerings for them all. For, Job said, It may be that my sons have done wrong and said evil of God in their hearts. And Job did this whenever the feasts came round.

7And the Lord said to the Satan, Where do you come from? And the Satan said in answer, From wandering this way and that on the earth, and walking about on it.

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Cross References

Genesis 6:2The sons of God saw that the daughters of men were fair; and they took wives for themselves from those who were pleasing to them.

1 Kings 22:19And he said, Give ear now to the word of the Lord: I saw the Lord seated on his seat of power, with all the army of heaven in their places round him at his right hand and at his left.

Job 2:1And there was a day when the sons of the gods came together before the Lord, and the Satan came with them.

Job 38:7When the morning stars made songs together, and all the sons of the gods gave cries of joy?

Daniel 3:25He made answer and said, Look! I see four men loose, walking in the middle of the fire, and they are not damaged; and the form of the fourth is like a son of the gods.

Matthew 18:10Let it not seem to you that one of these little ones is of no value; for I say to you that in heaven their angels see at all times the face of my Father in heaven.

Matthew Henry on Job 1:5-6

Job's Solicitude for His Children. ( b. c. 1520.) 4 And his sons went and feasted in their houses, every one his day; and sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them. 5 And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all: for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually. We have here a… Read the whole commentary →

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