Satan’s First Attack
Job 1:6
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Sons of Israel, or sons of God? (Deuteronomy 32:8)
In 11 translations
- BSB
- One day the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came with them.That is, the Accuser or the Adversary; here and throughout Job 1
- KJV
- ¶ Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them.Satan: Heb. the adversaryamong: Heb. in the midst of
- WEB
- Now on the day when God’s sons came to present themselves before Yahweh, Satan also came among them.“Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations.
- ASV
- 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.
- LSV
- And the day is, that sons of God come to station themselves by YHWH, and there also comes Satan in their midst.
- YLT
- 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.
- DBY
- And there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before Jehovah; and Satan came also among them.Elohim
- DRC
- Now on a certain day when the sons of God came to stand before the Lord, Satan also was present among them.
- GNV
- Nowe on a day when the children of God came and stoode before the Lord, Satan came also among them.
- JPS
- Now it fell upon a day, that the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them.
- LXXE
- 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.
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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.
Original-language editions
- WLC
- וַיְהִ֣י הַיּ֔וֹם וַיָּבֹ֨אוּ֙ בְּנֵ֣י הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים לְהִתְיַצֵּ֖ב עַל־יְהוָ֑ה וַיָּב֥וֹא גַֽם־הַשָּׂטָ֖ן בְּתוֹכָֽם׃
- LXX-Br
- Καὶ ἐγένετο ὡς ἡ ἡμέρα αὕτη, καὶ ἰδοὺ ἦλθον οἱ ἄγγελοι τοῦ Θεοῦ παραστῆναι ἐνώπιον τοῦ Κυρίου, καὶ ὁ διάβολος ἦλθε μετʼ αὐτῶν.
Who and where
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How traditions read it
Identified with Satan in later Jewish and Christian tradition · Satan
The Hebrew śāṭān means "adversary" or "accuser". In Job 1–2 and Zechariah 3 it has the article ("the satan"), a title rather than a name, and in Psalm 109:6 it is a human accuser ("let an accuser stand at his right hand"). 1 Chronicles 21:1 has no article and is the likeliest use as a name. Later Jewish and Christian tradition identifies these figures with Satan.
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).
Cross-references most cited first
- Job 2:1On 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 38:7while the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
- Zechariah 3:1Then 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.
- Revelation 12:9–10And the great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him. And I heard a loud voice in heaven saying:…
- 1 Kings 22:19Micaiah 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.
- 1 Chronicles 21:1Then Satan rose up against Israel and incited David to take a census of Israel.
- Genesis 6:4The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and afterward as well—when the sons of God had relations with the daughters of men. And they bore them children who became the mighty men of old, men of renown.
- John 6:70Jesus answered them, “Have I not chosen you, the Twelve? Yet one of you is a devil!”
- Matthew 18:10See that you do not look down on any of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of My Father in heaven.
- Psalms 103:20Bless the LORD, all His angels mighty in strength who carry out His word, who hearken to the voice of His command.
- Genesis 6:2the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful, and they took as wives whomever they chose.
- Luke 3:38the son of Enosh, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God.
- Daniel 3:25“Look!” he exclaimed. “I see four men, unbound and unharmed, walking around in the fire—and the fourth looks like a son of the gods!”
From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).