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Attack on Job’s Character

One day the heavenly beings[a] came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan[b] also came among them. The Lord said to Satan,[c] “Where have you come from?” Satan[d] answered the Lord, “From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking up and down on it.” The Lord said to Satan,[e] “Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man who fears God and turns away from evil.”

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Footnotes

  1. Job 1:6 Heb sons of God
  2. Job 1:6 Or the Accuser; Heb ha-satan
  3. Job 1:7 Or the Accuser; Heb ha-satan
  4. Job 1:7 Or the Accuser; Heb ha-satan
  5. Job 1:8 Or the Accuser; Heb ha-satan

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