Job 1:6 (DRB)

Passage

Now on a certain day, when the sons of God came to stand before the Lord, Satan also was present among them.

Nearby Context

Job 1:4 And his sons went, and made a feast by houses, every one in his day. And sending, they called their three sisters, to eat and drink with them.

Job 1:5 And when the days of their feasting were gone about, Job sent to them, and sanctified them: and rising up early, offered holocausts for every one of them. For he said: Lest perhaps my sons have sinned, and have blessed God in their hearts. So did Job all days.

Job 1:6 Now on a certain day, when the sons of God came to stand before the Lord, Satan also was present among them.

Job 1:7 And the Lord said to him: Whence comest thou? And he answered and said: I have gone round about the earth, and walked through it.

Job 1:8 And the Lord said to him: Hast thou considered my servant, Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a simple and upright man, and fearing God, and avoiding evil?

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 5's "And when the days of their feasting..." into verse 7's "And the Lord said to him Whence...", so "certain" and "sons" 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 "certain" and "sons" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.