Job 1:6
New International Version
One day the angels came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came with them.

New Living Translation
One day the members of the heavenly court came to present themselves before the LORD, and the Accuser, Satan, came with them.

English Standard Version
Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came among them.

Berean Standard Bible
One day the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came with them.

King James Bible
Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them.

New King James Version
Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came among them.

New American Standard Bible
Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came among them.

NASB 1995
Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came among them.

NASB 1977
Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came among them.

Legacy Standard Bible
Now it was the day that the sons of God came to stand before Yahweh, and Satan also came among them.

Amplified Bible
Now there was a day when the sons of God (angels) came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan (adversary, accuser) also came among them.

Christian Standard Bible
One day the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came with them.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
One day the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came with them.

American Standard Version
Now it came to pass on the day when the sons of God came to present themselves before Jehovah, that Satan also came among them.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And the day came and the Sons of God came to stand before LORD JEHOVAH, and Satan came also in their midst to stand before LORD JEHOVAH.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And it came to pass on a day, that behold, the angels of God came to stand before the Lord, and the devil came with them.

Contemporary English Version
One day, when the angels had gathered around the LORD, and Satan was there with them,

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

English Revised Version
Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
One day when the sons of God came to stand in front of the LORD, Satan the Accuser came along with them.

Good News Translation
When the day came for the heavenly beings to appear before the LORD, Satan was there among them.

International Standard Version
One day, divine beings presented themselves to the LORD, and Satan accompanied them.

JPS Tanakh 1917
Now it fell upon a day, that the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them.

Literal Standard Version
And the day is, that sons of God come to station themselves by YHWH, and there also comes Satan in their midst.

Majority Standard Bible
One day the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came with them.

New American Bible
One day, when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, the satan also came among them.

NET Bible
Now the day came when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD--and Satan also arrived among them.

New Revised Standard Version
One day the heavenly beings came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came among them.

New Heart English Bible
Now it happened on the day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, that Satan also came among them.

Webster's Bible Translation
Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them.

World English Bible
Now on the day when God’s sons came to present themselves before Yahweh, Satan also came among them.

Young's Literal Translation
And the day is, that sons of God come in to station themselves by Jehovah, and there doth come also the Adversary in their midst.

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Context
Satan's First Attack
6 One day the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came with them. 7“Where have you come from?” said the LORD to Satan. “From roaming through the earth,” he replied, “and walking back and forth in it.”…

Cross References
Luke 22:31
Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift each of you like wheat.

1 Kings 22:19
Micaiah continued, "Therefore hear the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting on His throne, and all the host of heaven standing by Him on His right and on His left.

2 Chronicles 18:20
Then a spirit came forward, stood before the LORD, and said, 'I will entice him.' 'By what means?' asked the LORD.

Job 2:1
On another day the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came with them to present himself before Him.

Job 38:7
while the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy?

Zechariah 3:1
Then the angel showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, with Satan standing at his right hand to accuse him.


Treasury of Scripture

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

Now.

Job 2:1
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.

the sons.

Job 38:7
When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?

Daniel 3:25
He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.

Luke 3:38
Which was the son of Enos, which was the son of Seth, which was the son of Adam, which was the son of God.

came to.

Psalm 103:20
Bless the LORD, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word.

Matthew 18:10
Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven.

Satan.

1 Kings 22:19
And he said, Hear thou therefore the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him on his right hand and on his left.

1 Chronicles 21:1
And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel.

Zechariah 3:1
And he shewed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, and Satan standing at his right hand to resist him.

came also.

John 6:70
Jesus answered them, Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil?

among them.

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6. Satan, appearing before God, obtains leave to afflict Job.
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(6) Sons of God.--Comp. Job 38:7, Genesis 6:2; Genesis 6:4; and for the sense comp. 1Kings 22:19. The phrase probably means the angels; or at all events an incident in the unseen spiritual world is referred to simultaneous with a corresponding one on earth. (Comp. 1Corinthians 11:10.) In the latter sense, a solemn thought is suggested by it to those who join in the public worship of God.

Satan.--The word appears in the Old Testament as the name of a specific person only here and in Zechariah 3:2, and possibly in 1Chronicles 21:1 and Psalm 109:6. If this psalm is David's, according to the inscription, no reliance can be placed on speculations as to the late introduction of a belief in Satan among the Jews, nor, therefore, on any as to the lateness of these early chapters of Job. Precisely the same word is used, apparently as a common name, in the history of Balaam (Numbers 22:22; Numbers 22:32), also in 1Samuel 29:4, and 1Kings 5:4; 1Kings 11:14; 1Kings 11:23; 1Kings 11:25, where it can hardly be otherwise. Here only and in Zechariah it is found with the definite article "the adversary." The theory of the personality of the evil one must largely depend upon the view we take of these and other passages of Scripture as containing an authoritative revelation. . . .

Verse 6. - Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord. By "the sons of God" it is generally admitted that, in this place, the angels are meant (so again in Job 38:7). The meaning of the phrase is probably different in Genesis 6:2. Angels and men are alike "sons of God," as created by him, in his image, to obey and serve him. Christ, the "Only Begotten," is his Son in quite a different sense. We may gather, perhaps, from this place and Job 2:1 that there are fixed times at which the angelic host, often sent out by the Almighty on distant errands, has to gather together, one and all, before the great white throne, to pay homage to their Lord, and probably to give an account of their doings. And Satan came also among them. The word "Satan" has the article prefixed to it השׂתן here and elsewhere in Job, as in Zechariah 3:1, 2 and in Luke 22:31; Revelation 12:9. Thus accompanied, it is less a proper name than an appellative - "the adversary" (comp. 1 Peter 5:8; ὁ ἀντίδικος). In 1 Chronicles 21:1, without the article, it is undoubtedly a proper name, as in the New Testament, passim. Accusation of men before God is one of the special offices of the evil spirit (see Zechariah 3:1, 2), who is "the accuser of the brethren, he that accuses them before God day and night" (Revelation 12:10). The accusations that he makes may be either true or false, but they are so often false that his ordinary New Testament name is ὁ διάβολος, "the Slanderer." The existence of an evil spirit must have been known to all who read or heard the story of the fall of man (Genesis 3.), and the descriptive epithet, "the Adversary," is likely to have been in use from a very early date. The notion that the Satan of the Old Testament is a reflex of the Persian Ahriman, and that the Jews derived their belief upon the subject from the Persians, is quite untenable. The character and position of Satan in the Hebrew system are quite unlike those of Ahriman (Angro-mainyus) in the religion of the Zoroastrians (see 'Ancient Monarchies,' vol. 3. pp. 104-113).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
One day
הַיּ֔וֹם (hay·yō·wm)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3117: A day

the sons
בְּנֵ֣י (bə·nê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 1121: A son

of God
הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים (hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

came
וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙ (way·yā·ḇō·’ū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go

to present
לְהִתְיַצֵּ֖ב (lə·hiṯ·yaṣ·ṣêḇ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Hitpael - Infinitive construct
Strong's 3320: To set or station oneself, take one's stand

themselves before
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

the LORD,
יְהוָ֑ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

and Satan
הַשָּׂטָ֖ן (haś·śā·ṭān)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 7854: An opponent -- Satan, the arch-enemy of good

also
גַֽם־ (ḡam-)
Conjunction
Strong's 1571: Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and

came
וַיָּב֥וֹא (way·yā·ḇō·w)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go

with them.
בְּתוֹכָֽם׃ (bə·ṯō·w·ḵām)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 8432: A bisection, the centre


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