One day the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came with them.
Parallel translations
- WEB Now on the day when God’s sons came to present themselves before Yahweh, Satan also came among them.
- KJV Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them.
- NKJV Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also came among them.
- NASB Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also came among them.
- NLT One day the members of the heavenly court came to present themselves before the Lord, and the Accuser, Satan, came with them.
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Quick answer
The scene shifts to the heavenly court, where the angelic "sons of God" present themselves and Satan appears among them. It reveals an unseen spiritual reality behind Job's earthly trials.
Overview
This verse pulls back the curtain on a heavenly assembly where Satan, the accuser, comes before the LORD. It teaches that events on earth have causes in the unseen realm and that Satan operates only within God's permission. Christians find assurance that no power, including the accuser, acts outside God's sovereign rule, a truth fully secured in Christ's victory over the powers.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 13
- 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?
- Zech 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.
- Rev 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.
- 1 Kgs 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.
- Gen 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.
- 1 Chr 21:1Then Satan rose up against Israel and incited David to take a census of Israel.
- John 6:70Jesus answered them, “Have I not chosen you, the Twelve? Yet one of you is a devil!”
- Matt 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.
- Ps 103:20Bless the LORD, all His angels mighty in strength who carry out His word, who hearken to the voice of His command.
- Gen 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.
- Dan 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!”
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