Job 1:7 (GNV)

Passage

Then the Lord sayde vnto Satan, Whence commest thou? And Satan answered the Lord, saying, From compassing the earth to and from, and from walking in it.

Nearby Context

Job 1:5 And when the dayes of their banketting were gone about, Iob sent, and sanctified them, and rose vp early in the morning, and offred burnt offrings according to the nomber of them all. For Iob thought, It may be that my sonnes haue sinned, and blasphemed God in their hearts: thus did Iob euery day.

Job 1:6 Nowe on a day when the children of God came and stoode before the Lord, Satan came also among them.

Job 1:7 Then the Lord sayde vnto Satan, Whence commest thou? And Satan answered the Lord, saying, From compassing the earth to and from, and from walking in it.

Job 1:8 And the Lord saide vnto Satan, Hast thou not considered my seruant Iob, how none is like him in the earth? an vpright and iust man, one that feareth God, and escheweth euill?

Job 1:9 Then Satan answered the Lord, and sayde, Doeth Iob feare God for nought?

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "lord", "sayde", "vnto", "satan", "whence", "commest", and "thou". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "lord" and "sayde", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 6's "Nowe on a day when the children..." into verse 8's "And the Lord saide vnto Satan Hast...", so "lord" and "sayde" 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 "lord" and "sayde" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.