Verse 7
Job 1:7
Bible in Basic English
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And the Lord said to the Satan, Where do you come from? And the Satan said in answer, From wandering this way and that on the earth, and walking about on it.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֹּ֧אמֶר יְהוָ֛ה אֶל הַ/שָּׂטָ֖ן מֵ/אַ֣יִן תָּבֹ֑א וַ/יַּ֨עַן הַ/שָּׂטָ֤ן אֶת יְהוָה֙ וַ/יֹּאמַ֔ר מִ/שּׁ֣וּט בָּ/אָ֔רֶץ וּ/מֵֽ/הִתְהַלֵּ֖ךְ בָּֽ/הּ
English Translation
And the LORD said to Satan, "From where do you come?" And Satan answered the LORD and said, "From roaming through the earth and walking back and forth in it."
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Chapter 1 Context
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There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. He was without sin and upright, fearing God (E...
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And he had seven sons and three daughters.
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And of cattle he had seven thousand sheep and goats, and three thousand camels, and a thousand oxen,...
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His sons regularly went to one another's houses, and every one on his day gave a feast: and at these...
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And at the end of their days of feasting, Job sent and made them clean, getting up early in the morn...
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And there was a day when the sons of the gods came together before the Lord, and the Satan came with...
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And the Lord said to the Satan, Where do you come from? And the Satan said in answer, From wandering...
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And the Lord said to the Satan, Have you taken note of my servant Job, for there is no one like him...
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And the Satan said in answer to the Lord, Is it for nothing that Job is a god-fearing man?
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Have you yourself not put a wall round him and his house and all he has on every side, blessing the...
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But now, put out your hand against all he has, and he will be cursing you to your face.
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And the Lord said to the Satan, See, I give all he has into your hands, only do not put a finger on...
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And there was a day when his sons and daughters were feasting in the house of their oldest brother,
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And a man came to Job, and said, The oxen were ploughing, and the asses were taking their food by th...
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15
And the men of Sheba came against them and took them away, putting the young men to the sword, and I...
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And this one was still talking when another came, and said, The fire of God (Elohim) came down from...
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And this one was still talking when another came, and said, The Chaldaeans made themselves into thre...
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And this one was still talking when another came, and said, Your sons and your daughters were feasti...
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When a great wind came rushing from the waste land against the four sides of the house, and it came...
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Then Job got up, and after parting his clothing and cutting off his hair, he went down on his face t...
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With nothing I came out of my mother's body, and with nothing I will go back there; the Lord gave an...
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In all this Job did no sin, and did not say that God (Elohim)'s acts were foolish.
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