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Mark Dunagan Commentaries

Job 1:6

"Now there was. day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord": The "sons of God" in this verse are angels (Job 38:7), and the term "present" means literally to "station" themselves, that is to report on their activities. Clearly God governs the universe and in this council session, the agenda includes. reporting session in which the angels give an accounting for their delegated roles as watchers (Deuteronomy 413) and protectors (Ezekiel 1:10ff; Job 6:5ff). "Deists, who contend that God created the universe, wound it like. watch, and left it running, are refuted. God pays infinite attention to His universe and guarantees its moral order" (McKenna p. 37).

Job 1:6 "And Satan also came among them": The term "Satan" means "the accuser" and he will certainly play that role in this chapter. "This portion of the story is. stumbling block to scholars and readers alike. What is Satan doing in heaven? Does God take bets on His people? Is He party to human suffering?" (McKenna p. 36). Yet such questions should not cause anyone to stumble, for the book will reveal the answers. First, God is not threatened by Satan's presence. Satan is permitted to enter and permitted to speak, yet Satan is clearly under God's ultimate authority, his power is limited (Job 1:12). Please note that Satan is allowed to object and argue with God-yet only in this life (Matthew 25:41).

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See also Job 1:6 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Job 1:6. _THERE WAS A DAY WHEN THE SONS OF GOD_] All the _versions_, and indeed all the critics, are puzzled with the phrase _sons of_ _God _; בני האלהים beney haelohim, literally, _sons of the...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    NOW THERE WAS A DAY - Dr. Good renders this, “And the day came.” Tindal.” Now upon a time.” The Chaldee paraphrasist has presumed to specify the time, and renders it, “Now it happened in the day of ju...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    II. THE CONTROVERSY BETWEEN JEHOVAH AND SATAN AND THE RESULTS CHAPTER 1:6-22 _ 1. A scene in heaven, Jehovah's challenge and Satan's, accusation (Job 1:6)_ 2. Satan's power manifested (Job 1:13) 3...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    The disinterestedness of Job's piety is brought into question by the Satan in the council of heaven. We are now to see how misfortune may come absolutely unprovoked by sin. The sons of God, who come t...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    SONS OF GOD. the angels. Compare Job 38:7, and see App-23. PRESENT THEMSELVES. take their stations. THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. SATAN. the Adversary....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _Now there was a day when_ lit. _now it fell on a day that the sons of God presented themselves … and Satan came_. The meaning is not that there was a set time for the sons of God presenting themselve...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The disinterestedness of Job's piety brought under suspicion by the Adversary in the Council of Heaven After the scene of happiness and piety presented by Job's home on earth, the Poet draws the veil...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    NOW THERE WAS A DAY— _It came to pass on the day when,_ &c. Heath. Thus denoting some determinate time, when the _sons of God, i.e. the angels,_ (called the sons of God, because they were like unto Go...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    2. Satan's insinuation (Job 1:6-10) TEXT 1:6-10 (6) Now it came to pass on the day when the sons of God came to present themselves before Jehovah, that Satan also came among them. (7) And Jehovah sai...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _NOW THERE WAS A DAY WHEN THE SONS OF GOD CAME TO PRESENT THEMSELVES BEFORE THE LORD, AND SATAN CAME ALSO AMONG THEM._ Sons of God - angels (Job 37:7; 1 Kings 22:19). Psalms 29:1, margin, "Sons of th...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    1:6 a (e-4) Lit. 'the;' so ver. 13, &c.. see 2 Kings 4:18 . Satan (f-18) Meaning 'Adversary.' Lit. 'the Satan,' and so to ch. 2.7....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE PROLOGUE Job 1:2, which form the Prologue to the book, describe (_a_) the prosperity and piety of Job; (_b_) a scene in heaven in which the Satan questions the motives of his piety; and (_c_) his...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    NOW THERE WAS A DAY] better, 'Now it was the day,' as if at a special season. The sons of God] i.e. the angels: cp. Job 38:7. They come before God to give account of their ministry: cp. 1 Kings 22:19....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    SONS OF GOD. — Comp. Job 38:7; Genesis 6:2; Genesis 6:4; and for the sense comp. 1 Kings 22:19. The phrase probably means _the angels;_ or at all events an in

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יְהִ֣י הַ יֹּ֔ום וַ יָּבֹ֨אוּ֙ בְּנֵ֣י

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    III. THE OPENING SCENE IN HEAVEN Job 1:6 WITH the presentation of the scene in heaven, the genius, the pious daring, and fine moral insight of the writer at once appear-in one word, his inspiration....

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    Now there was a day when the (k) sons of God came to present themselves (l) before the LORD, and Satan (m) came also among them. (k) Meaning the angels, who are called the sons of God because they ar...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    The sons of God. The angels, (Challoner) as the Septuagint express it. (Calmet) --- Satan also, &c. This passage represents to us in a figure, accommodated to the ways and understandings of men, 1. Th...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

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  • John Brown Commentaries Selected Books of the Bible

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  • John Darby's Synopsis

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  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

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  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

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  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    SATAN: _ Heb._ the adversary AMONG THEM: _ Heb._ in the midst of them...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

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  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

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  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

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  • Scofield's Bible Commentary

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  • Sermon Bible Commentary

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  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

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  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

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  • Summarized Bible Commentary

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  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • The Biblical Illustrator

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  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

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  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

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  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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  • The Pulpit Commentaries

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  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

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  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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  • When Critics Ask: A Popular Handbook on Bible Difficulties, Norman L. Geisler and Thomas Howe, 1960

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