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The book that gives us the most information about the devil in the Old Testament, however, is the book of Job. Job gives us insights into his character, his purposes, his tactics, and his goals. Job 1-4 flesh out a basic doctrinal understanding of Satan.
God's people are taken under his special protection; they, and all that belong to them. The blessing of the Lord makes rich; Satan himself owns it. God suffered Job to be tried, as he suffered Peter to be sifted. It is our comfort that God has the devil in a chain, Re 20:1.
St. Peter, as has been already stated, 1 Peter 5:8, refers to this: Be sober, be vigilant; for your ADVERSARY the DEVIL GOETH ABOUT, as a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. I rather think, with Coverdale, that ארץ arets here signifies rather that land, than the habitable globe.
7 the Lord asked, “Satan, where have you been?”. Satan replied, “I have been going all over the earth.”. 8 Then the Lord asked, “What do you think of my servant Job? No one on earth is like him—he is a truly good person, who respects me and refuses to do evil.”.
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Job 1:7. ESV The LORD said to Satan, “From where have you come?”. Satan answered the LORD and said, “From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking up and down on it.”. NIV The LORD said to Satan, 'Where have you come from?'.
New Living Translation. “Where have you come from?” the LORD asked Satan. Satan answered the LORD, “I have been patrolling the earth, watching everything that’s going on.” English Standard Version. The LORD said to Satan, “From where have you come?”
Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version The LORD said to Satan, "Where have you come from?" Satan answered the LORD, "From roaming throughout the earth, going back and forth on it." American Standard Version And Jehovah said unto Satan, Whence comest thou?
