So it was, when the days of feasting had run their course, that Job would send and [a]sanctify them, and he would rise early in the morning (A)and offer burnt offerings according to the number of them all. For Job said, “It may be that my sons have sinned and (B)cursed[b] God in their hearts.” Thus Job did regularly.

Satan Attacks Job’s Character

Now (C)there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and [c]Satan also came among them. And the Lord said to [d]Satan, “From where do you come?”

So Satan answered the Lord and said, “From (D)going to and fro on the earth, and from walking back and forth on it.”

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Footnotes

  1. Job 1:5 consecrate
  2. Job 1:5 Lit. blessed, but in an evil sense; cf. Job 1:11; 2:5, 9
  3. Job 1:6 Lit. the Adversary
  4. Job 1:7 Lit. the Adversary

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