Job 1:5-7

New International Reader's Version

⁵The time for enjoying good food would end. Then Job would make plans for his children to be made pure and “clean.” He would sacrifice a burnt offering for each of them. He would do it early in the morning. He would think, “Perhaps my children have sinned. Maybe they have spoken evil things against God in their hearts.” That’s what Job always did for his children when he felt they had sinned.

⁶One day angels came to the Lord. Satan also came with them. ⁷The Lord said to Satan, “Where have you come from?”

Satan answered, “From traveling all around the earth. I’ve been going from one end of it to the other.”

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Job 1:5-7

New International Version

⁵When a period of feasting had run its course, Job would make arrangements for them to be purified.^(A) Early in the morning he would sacrifice a burnt offering^(B) for each of them, thinking, “Perhaps my children have sinned^(C) and cursed God^(D) in their hearts.” This was Job’s regular custom.

⁶One day the angels^[a]^(E) came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan^[b]^(F) also came with them.^(G) ⁷The Lord said to Satan, “Where have you come from?”