Bible Strands
Job 1:6
One day the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came with them.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — A narrative statement, not dialogue. The sons of God and Satan both appear before the LORD on an unnamed day, following the feasting-and-purification cycle of Job 1:5.
The words — בְּנֵי הָאֱלֹהִים (bene ha'elohim) literally "sons of the gods" designates a class of divine beings distinct from the LORD, who is named separately as YHWH. The verb לְהִתְיַצֵּב (lehitya'tzev) is the Hithpael of יָצַב, meaning "to stand/present oneself," a term for appearing before an assembly or court.
The thread — Job 2:1 repeats the scene almost verbatim; Job 38:7 uses the same phrase "sons of God" at creation; Zechariah 3:1 places Satan in a comparable heavenly courtroom.
Why it lands — The verse asks the reader to accept that Satan stands in the same divine assembly as the sons of God, not outside it, and that his presence is noted without explanation or alarm.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan came also among them.
Cross-references
- Job 2:1 On another day the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came with them to present himself before Him.
- Job 38:7 while the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
- Zechariah 3:1 Then the angel showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, with Satan standing at his right hand to accuse him.
- Revelation 12:9 And the great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him.
- 1 Kings 22:19 Micaiah continued, “Therefore hear the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting on His throne, and all the host of heaven standing by Him on His right and on His left.
- Genesis 6:4 The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and afterward as well—when the sons of God had relations with the daughters of men. And they bore them children who became the mighty men of old, men of renown.
- 1 Chronicles 21:1 Then Satan rose up against Israel and incited David to take a census of Israel.
- Matthew 18:10 See that you do not look down on any of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of My Father in heaven.
- John 6:70 Jesus answered them, “Have I not chosen you, the Twelve? Yet one of you is a devil!”
- Genesis 6:2 the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful, and they took as wives whomever they chose.