Holy Scripture

Job 1:6

A church father on this verse
“Was there ever a time when the angels did not stand before the Lord? Was it not written about them that "a thousand thousands served him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him"? But this coming, in our opinion, is that of the angels who had been sent to serve human beings. Paul actually says, "Are not a…”
Hesychius of Jerusalem, 5th c. — HOMILIES ON JOB 2.1.6

Source: Septuagint

Original

6And it came to pass on a day, That, behold, the angels of God came to stand before the Lord, And the devil came with them.

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4And his sons visiting one another Prepared a banquet every day, Taking with them also their three sisters To eat and drink with them.

5And when the days of the banquet were completed, Job sent and purified them, having risen up in the morning, And offered sacrifices for them, according to their number, And one calf for a sin offering for their souls: For Job said, Lest peradventure my sons have thought evil in their minds against God. Thus then Job did continually.

— Job 1:6 —

7And 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.

8And the Lord said to him, Hast thou diligently considered my servant Job, That there is none like him on the earth, A man blameless, true, godly, Abstaining from everything evil?

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