Job 2:1

And 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

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them to present himself before the LORD.

In Context

2And the Lord said to the devil, Whence comest thou? 1 Then the devil said before the Lord, 1 I am come from going through the world, and walking about the whole earth. 1

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Cross References

Job 1:8And the Lord said to him, 1 Hast thou diligently considered my servant Job, 1 That there is none like him on the earth, 1 A man blameless, true, godly, 1 Abstaining from everything evil? 1

Isaiah 6:1And it came to pass in the year in which King Uzziah died, that I saw the Lord sitting on a high and exalted throne, and the house was full of his glory.

Matthew Henry on Job 2:1

We left Job honourably acquitted upon a fair trial between God and Satan concerning him. Satan had leave to touch, to touch and take, all he had, and was confident that he would then curse God to his face; but, on the contrary, he blessed him, and so he was proved an honest man and Satan a false accuser. Now, one would have thought, this would be conclusive, and that Job would never have his reputation called in question again; but Job is known to be armour of proof, and therefore is here set up for a mark, and… Read the whole commentary →

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