Job 1:5-7

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

⁵And when the days of their feasting were gone about, Job sent to them, and sanctified them: and rising up early offered holocausts for every one of them. For he said: Lest perhaps my sons have sinned, and have blessed God in their hearts. So did Job all days.

⁶Now on a certain day when the sons of God came to stand before the Lord, Satan also was present among them.

⁷And the Lord said to him: Whence comest thou? And he answered and said: I have gone round about the earth, and walked through it.

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Job 1:5-7

New International Version

⁵When a period of feasting had run its course, Job would make arrangements for them to be purified.^(A) Early in the morning he would sacrifice a burnt offering^(B) for each of them, thinking, “Perhaps my children have sinned^(C) and cursed God^(D) in their hearts.” This was Job’s regular custom.

⁶One day the angels^[a]^(E) came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan^[b]^(F) also came with them.^(G) ⁷The Lord said to Satan, “Where have you come from?”