Job 1:7

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.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

6And 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.

8And the Lord said to him, Hast thou diligently considered my servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a man blameless, true, godly, abstaining from everything evil?

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Cross References

2 Kings 5:25And he went in himself and stood before his master; and Elisaie said to him,

Zechariah 1:10And the man that stood between the mountains answered, and said to me, These are they whom the Lord has sent forth to go round the earth.

Zechariah 6:7And the ash-coloured went out, and looked to go and compass the earth: and + 6:7 Or, one said.he said, Go, and compass the earth. And they compassed the earth.

Matthew Henry on Job 1:7-13

Satan before God; Satan Permitted to Afflict Job. ( b. c. 1520.) 6 Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord , and Satan came also among them. 7 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. 8 And the Lord said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and… Read the whole commentary →

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