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Op een dag, toen de engelen zoals gewoonlijk voor de Here verschenen, kwam ook Satan, Gods tegenstander, met hen mee. ‘Waar komt u vandaan?’ vroeg de Here aan Satan. Deze antwoordde: ‘Ik heb een tocht gemaakt over de aarde.’ De Here vervolgde: ‘Hebt u ook mijn dienaar Job gezien? Zoals hij is er niemand anders op aarde, een eerlijk en vroom man die ontzag heeft voor God en met het kwaad niets te maken wil hebben.’

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Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan came also among them.

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?

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Satan Attacks Job’s Character

Now (A)there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and [a]Satan also came among them. And the Lord said to [b]Satan, “From where do you come?”

So Satan answered the Lord and said, “From (B)going to and fro on the earth, and from walking back and forth on it.”

Then the Lord said to Satan, “Have you [c]considered My servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, one who fears God and [d]shuns evil?”

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Footnotes

  1. Job 1:6 Lit. the Adversary
  2. Job 1:7 Lit. the Adversary
  3. Job 1:8 Lit. set your heart on
  4. Job 1:8 Lit. turns away from