King James Version
Job 1:7 in the King James Version says “And the LORD said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the e...” — study this verse from Job chapter 1 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And the LORD said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.”
Job 1:7 · KJV
And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all: for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually. continually: Heb. all the days
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 adversary among: Heb. in the midst of
And the LORD said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.
And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? considered: Heb. set thy heart on
Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, Doth Job fear God for nought?
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
“thou Then Satan”
H7854an opponent; especially (with the article prefixed) satan, the arch-enemy of good
“answered”
H6030properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e., pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extension to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout,
“thou Then Satan”
H7854an opponent; especially (with the article prefixed) satan, the arch-enemy of good
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“And the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
“From going to and fro”
H7751properly, to push forth; (but used only figuratively) to lash, i.e., (the sea with oars) to row; by implication, to travel
“and from walking up and down”
H1980to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
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