Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them.
Parallel translations
- WEB Now on the day when God’s sons came to present themselves before Yahweh, Satan also came among them.
- BSB One day the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came with 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 2:1Again 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.
- Job 38:7When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
- Zech 3:1And he shewed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, and Satan standing at his right hand to resist him.
- Rev 12:9–10And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
- 1 Kgs 22:19And 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.
- Gen 6:4There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.
- 1 Chr 21:1And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel.
- John 6:70Jesus answered them, Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil?
- Matt 18:10Take 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.
- Ps 103:20Bless the LORD, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word.
- Gen 6:2That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.
- Luke 3:38Which was the son of Enos, which was the son of Seth, which was the son of Adam, which was the son of God.
- Dan 3:25He 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.
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