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Job 1:7 — King James Version← Study notes

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 1:7Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 1:715 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יֹּ֧אמֶרwayōʾmer
and he saidconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
יְהוָ֛הyəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
אֶלʾel
topronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
הַ/שָּׂטָ֖ןhaśāṭān
the adversaryparticleH7854
Satan · withstand
מֵ/אַ֣יִןmēʾayin
from where?pronH370
where
תָּבֹ֑אtābōʾ
are you comingverbH935
apply · attain · be · befall ···
וַ/יַּ֨עַןwayaʿan
and he answeredconjH6030
afflict (by mistake for
הַ/שָּׂטָ֤ןhaśāṭān
the adversaryparticleH7854
Satan · withstand
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
יְהוָה֙yəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
וַ/יֹּאמַ֔רwayōʾmar
and he saidconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
מִ/שּׁ֣וּטmišwṭ
from roving aboutpronH7751
through · to and fro) · mariner · rower ···
בָּ/אָ֔רֶץbāʾāreṣ
on the earthpronH776
common · earth · field · ground ···
וּ/מֵֽ/הִתְהַלֵּ֖ךְwmēhitəhalēkə
and from going aboutconjH1980
apace · behave · come · continually ···
בָּֽ/הּbāh
pron
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Job 1:7

And the Lord said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? How is it that it is never said to the elect Angels, when they come, 'Whence come ye?' while Satan is questioned whence he comes? For assuredly we never ask, but what we do not know; but God's not knowing is His condemning. Whence at the last He will say to some, I know you not whence ye are; depart from me, ye that work iniquity. In the same way that a man of truth, who disdains to sin by a falsehood, is said not to know how…

Gregory the Great · 6th century · Morals on Job, Book 2 §5
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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