King James Version
Job 2:1 in the King James Version says “Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them to...” — study this verse from Job chapter 2 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Again 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 2:1 · KJV
Again 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.
And the LORD said unto Satan, From whence comest thou? And 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? and still he holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroy him without cause. to destroy: Heb. to swallow him up
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to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“Again there was a day”
H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
“when the sons”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
“of God”
H430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
“them to present”
H3320to place (any thing so as to stay); reflexively, to station, offer, continue
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“himself before the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
“and Satan”
H7854an opponent; especially (with the article prefixed) satan, the arch-enemy of good
“them to present”
H3320to place (any thing so as to stay); reflexively, to station, offer, continue
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“himself before the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
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