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." 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?” Satan answered the LORD and said, “From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking up and down on it.” Berean Study Bible “Where have you come from?” said the LORD to Satan. “From roaming through the earth,” he replied, “and walking back and forth in it.” New American Standard Bible The LORD said to Satan, "From where do you come?" Then Satan answered the LORD and said, "From roaming about on the earth and walking around on it." New King James Version And the LORD said to Satan, “From where do you come?” So Satan answered the LORD and said, “From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking back and forth on it.” King James Bible 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. Christian Standard Bible The LORD asked Satan, "Where have you come from?" "From roaming through the earth," Satan answered him, "and walking around on it." Contemporary English Version the LORD asked, "Satan, where have you been?" Satan replied, "I have been going all over the earth." Good News Translation The LORD asked him, "What have you been doing?" Satan answered, "I have been walking here and there, roaming around the earth." Holman Christian Standard Bible The LORD asked Satan, "Where have you come from?" "From roaming through the earth," Satan answered Him, "and walking around on it." International Standard Version The LORD asked Satan, "Where have you come from?" In response, Satan answered the LORD, "From wandering all over the earth and walking back and forth throughout it." NET Bible The LORD said to Satan, "Where have you come from?" And Satan answered the LORD, "From roving about on the earth, and from walking back and forth across it." New Heart English Bible The LORD said to Satan, "Where have you come from?" Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, "From going back and forth on the earth, and from walking up and down on it." GOD'S WORD® Translation The LORD asked Satan, "Where have you come from?" Satan answered the LORD, "From wandering all over the earth." JPS Tanakh 1917 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.' New American Standard 1977 And the LORD said to Satan, “From where do you come?” Then Satan answered the LORD and said, “From roaming about on the earth and walking around on it.” King James 2000 Bible And the LORD said unto Satan, From where come you? Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking up and down on it. American King James Version And the LORD said to Satan, From where come you? Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it. American Standard Version And Jehovah said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered Jehovah, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it. Brenton Septuagint Translation And the Lord said to the devil, Whence art thou come? And the devil answered the Lord, and said, I am come from compassing the earth, and walking up and down in the world. Douay-Rheims Bible 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. Darby Bible Translation 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. English Revised Version 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. Webster's Bible Translation And the LORD said to Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking up and down upon it. World English Bible Yahweh said to Satan, "Where have you come from?" Then Satan answered Yahweh, and said, "From going back and forth in the earth, and from walking up and down in it." Young's Literal Translation And Jehovah saith unto the Adversary, 'Whence comest thou?' And the Adversary answereth Jehovah and saith, 'From going to and fro in the land, and from walking up and down on it.' Study Bible Satan's First Attack6One day the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came with them. 7“Where have you come from?” said the LORD to Satan. “From roaming through the earth,” he replied, “and from walking back and forth in it.” 8Then the LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job? For there is no one on earth like him, a man who is blameless and upright, who fears God and shuns evil.”… Cross References 1 Peter 5:8 Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. Zechariah 1:10 Then the man standing among the myrtle trees explained, "They are the ones the LORD has sent to patrol the earth." Treasury of Scripture And the LORD said to Satan, From where come you? Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it. Whence. Job 2:2 And the LORD said unto Satan, From whence comest thou? And Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it. 2 Kings 5:25 But he went in, and stood before his master. And Elisha said unto him, Whence comest thou, Gehazi? And he said, Thy servant went no whither. From going. Zechariah 1:10,11 And the man that stood among the myrtle trees answered and said, These are they whom the LORD hath sent to walk to and fro through the earth… Zechariah 6:7 And the bay went forth, and sought to go that they might walk to and fro through the earth: and he said, Get you hence, walk to and fro through the earth. So they walked to and fro through the earth. Matthew 12:43 When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none. Lexicon “Whereמֵאַ֣יִן (mê·’a·yin) Preposition-m | Adverb Strong's Hebrew 370: Whence? have you come from?” תָּבֹ֑א (tā·ḇō) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 935: To come in, come, go in, go said וַיֹּ֧אמֶר (way·yō·mer) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say the LORD יְהוָ֛ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3069: YHWH to אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to Satan. הַשָּׂטָ֖ן (haś·śā·ṭān) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 7854: An opponent -- Satan, the arch-enemy of good “From roaming מִשּׁ֣וּט (miš·šūṭ) Preposition-m | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's Hebrew 7751: To push forth, to lash, to row, to travel through the earth,” בָּאָ֔רֶץ (bā·’ā·reṣ) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 776: Earth, land he הַשָּׂטָ֤ן (haś·śā·ṭān) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 7854: An opponent -- Satan, the arch-enemy of good replied, וַיַּ֨עַן (way·ya·‘an) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 6030: To answer, respond “and from walking back and forth וּמֵֽהִתְהַלֵּ֖ךְ (ū·mê·hiṯ·hal·lêḵ) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m | Verb - Hitpael - Infinitive construct Strong's Hebrew 1980: To go, come, walk in it.” בָּֽהּ׃ (bāh) Preposition | third person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew (7) From going to and fro . . .--Compare our Lord's words in Matthew 13:25 : "and went his way." St. Peter evidently had this passage in mind (1Peter 5:8, "walketh about").Verse 7. - And the Lord said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? God condescends to address the evil spirit, and asks him questions - not that anything could be added to his own knowledge, but that the angels, who were present (ver. 6), might hear and have their attention called to the doings of Satan, which would need to be watched by them, and sometimes to be restrained or (it may be) prevented (comp. 1 Kings 22:20, where again the colloquy is opened by God asking a question). Then Satan answered the Lord, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it. Satan, therefore, is not himself, like the bulk of his evil angels, "reserved in everlasting chains under darkness to the judgment of the last day" (Jude 1:6). He searches the whole earth continually, never passing, never resting, but "going about," as St. Peter says (1 Peter 5:8), "like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour," waiting till the coming of the "thousand years," when an angel will "bind him with a great chain, and cast him into the bottom-less pit" (Revelation 20:1, 2). It will be a happy day for the earth when that time comes. 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