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And it happened one day[a] that[b] the sons of God[c] came to present themselves before Yahweh, and Satan[d] also came into their midst. So[e] Yahweh said to Satan,[f] “From where have you come?”

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

So[i] Yahweh said to Satan,[j] “Have you considered[k] my servant Job? Indeed,[l] there is no one like him on the earth—a blameless man and upright and God-fearing and turning away from evil.”

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Footnotes

  1. Job 1:6 Literally “the day”
  2. Job 1:6 Literally “and”
  3. Job 1:6 Or “the heavenly beings,” or “the angels”
  4. Job 1:6 Hebrew “the accuser,” or “the adversary”
  5. Job 1:7 Hebrew “And”
  6. Job 1:7 Hebrew “the accuser,” or “the adversary”
  7. Job 1:7 Hebrew “And”
  8. Job 1:7 Hebrew “the accuser,” or “the adversary”
  9. Job 1:8 Hebrew “And”
  10. Job 1:8 Hebrew “the accuser,” or “the adversary”
  11. Job 1:8 Literally “set your heart”
  12. Job 1:8 Or “For,” or “Because”