Job 1:6

And it came to pass on a day, 1 That, behold, the angels of God came to stand before the Lord, 1 And the devil came with them. 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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 when the days of the banquet were completed, 1 Job sent and purified them, having risen up in the morning, 1 And offered sacrifices for them, according to their number, 1 And one calf for a sin offering for their souls: 1 For Job said, Lest peradventure my sons have thought evil in their minds against God. 1 Thus then Job did continually. 1

7And the Lord said to the devil, Whence art thou come? 1 And the devil answered the Lord, and said, 1 I am come from compassing the earth, and walking up and down in the world. 1

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Cross References

Genesis 6:2that the sons of God having seen the daughters of men that they were beautiful, took to themselves wives of all whom they chose.

1 Kings 22:19And Micaiah said, Not so, it is not I: hear the word of the Lord; it is not so. I saw the God of Israel sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven stood about him on his right hand and on his left.

Job 2:1And it came to pass on a certain day, 1 That the angels of God came to stand before the Lord, 1 And the devil came among them 1 To stand before the Lord. 1

Job 38:7When the stars were made, 1 All my angels praised me with a loud voice. 1

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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