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Then when[a] the days of the feast had run their course, Job would send,[b] and he would sanctify them. Thus[c] he would arise early in the morning and offer burnt offerings according to the number of all of them, because Job thought,[d] “Perhaps my children have sinned and cursed[e] God in their heart.” This is what Job used to do all the time.[f]

And it happened one day[g] that[h] the sons of God[i] came to present themselves before Yahweh, and Satan[j] also came into their midst. So[k] Yahweh said to Satan,[l] “From where have you come?”

Then[m] Satan[n] answered Yahweh and said, “From roaming on the earth and from walking about in it.”

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Footnotes

  1. Job 1:5 Literally “And it would happen that,” or “And it would happen when”
  2. Job 1:5 Literally “and Job would send”
  3. Job 1:5 Hebrew “And”
  4. Job 1:5 Or “said”
  5. Job 1:5 Literally “blessed”— negative meaning by context
  6. Job 1:5 Or “always”; literally “all the days”
  7. Job 1:6 Literally “the day”
  8. Job 1:6 Literally “and”
  9. Job 1:6 Or “the heavenly beings,” or “the angels”
  10. Job 1:6 Hebrew “the accuser,” or “the adversary”
  11. Job 1:7 Hebrew “And”
  12. Job 1:7 Hebrew “the accuser,” or “the adversary”
  13. Job 1:7 Hebrew “And”
  14. Job 1:7 Hebrew “the accuser,” or “the adversary”