Job 1:6 (DBY)

Passage

And there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before Jehovah; and Satan came also among them.

Nearby Context

Job 1:4 And his sons went and made a feast in the house of each one on his day; and they sent and invited their three sisters to eat and to drink with them.

Job 1:5 And it was so, when the days of the feasting were gone about, that Job sent and hallowed them; and he rose up early in the morning, and offered up burnt-offerings [according to] the number of them all; for Job said, It may be that my children have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually.

Job 1:6 And there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before Jehovah; and Satan came also among them.

Job 1:7 And Jehovah said to Satan, Whence comest thou? And Satan answered Jehovah and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.

Job 1:8 And Jehovah said to Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God and abstaineth from evil?

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "sons", "came", "present", "themselves", "before", "jehovah", and "satan". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "sons" and "came", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 5's "And it was so when the days..." into verse 7's "And Jehovah said to Satan Whence comest...", so "sons" and "came" belong inside that flow. In Job context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "sons" and "came" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.