Job 1:7

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And the Lord said to the Satan, Where do you come from? And the Satan said in answer, From wandering this way and that on the earth, and walking about on it.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּ֧אמֶר יְהוָ֛ה אֶל־הַשָּׂטָ֖ן מֵאַ֣יִן תָּבֹ֑א וַיַּ֨עַן הַשָּׂטָ֤ן אֶת־יְהוָה֙ וַיֹּאמַ֔ר מִשּׁ֣וּט בָּאָ֔רֶץ וּמֵֽהִתְהַלֵּ֖ךְ בָּֽהּ׃

Transliteration

wa-yōʾmer YHWH to-the-śāṭān from-where tābōʾ wa-yaʿan the-śāṭān ʾet-YHWH wa-yōʾmar from-šûṭ in-the-ʾāreṣ and-from-hithallēk in-her

Grammar Details

• *wa-yōʾmer*: conjunction + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and said
• *YHWH*: proper noun - the LORD
• *śāṭān*: masculine singular noun with definite article - the adversary/Satan
• *tābōʾ*: qal imperfect 2nd masculine singular - you come
• *wa-yaʿan*: conjunction + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and answered
• *wa-yōʾmar*: conjunction + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and said
• *šûṭ*: qal infinitive construct - roaming
• *ʾāreṣ*: feminine singular noun with definite article - the earth/land
• *hithallēk*: hithpael infinitive construct - walking about
• *bāh*: preposition + 3rd feminine singular suffix - in it

Word Meanings

• *mē-ʾayin*: from where/whence
• *šûṭ*: roaming/going to and fro/ranging
• *hithallēk*: walking about/going back and forth/patrolling

Referenced Verses

• 1 Pet 5:8 : 8 Be serious and keep watch; the Evil One, who is against you, goes about like a lion with open mouth in search of food;
• Job 2:2 : 2 And the Lord said to the Satan, Where do you come from? And the Satan said in answer, From wandering this way and that on the earth, and walking about on it.
• Zech 1:10-11 : 10 And the man who was between the mountains, answering me, said, These are those whom the Lord has sent to go up and down through the earth. 11 And the man who was between the mountains, answering, said to the angel of the Lord, We have gone up and down through the earth, and all the earth is quiet and at rest.
• Zech 6:7 : 7 And the red ones go to the east; and they made request that they might go up and down through the earth: and he said, Go up and down through the earth. So they went up and down through the earth.
• Matt 12:43 : 43 But the unclean spirit, when he is gone out of a man, goes through dry places looking for rest, and getting it not.
• Rev 12:9 : 9 And the great dragon was forced down, the old snake, who is named the Evil One and Satan, by whom all the earth is turned from the right way; he was forced down to the earth, and his angels were forced down with him.
• Rev 12:12-17 : 12 Be glad then, O heavens, and you who are in them. But there is trouble for the earth and the sea: because the Evil One has come down to you, being very angry, having the knowledge that he has but a short time. 13 And when the dragon saw that he was forced down to the earth, he made cruel attacks on the woman who gave birth to the male child. 14 And there were given to the woman two wings of a great eagle, so that she might go in flight into the waste land, to her place, where she is given food for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the snake. 15 And the snake sent out of his mouth after the woman a river of water, so that she might be taken away by the stream. 16 And the earth gave help to the woman, and with open mouth took up the river which the dragon sent out of his mouth. 17 And the dragon was angry with the woman and went away to make war on the rest of her seed, who keep the orders of God, and the witness of Jesus:
• Rev 20:8 : 8 And will go out to put in error the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to get them together to the war, the number of whom is like the sands of the sea.
• 2 Kgs 5:25 : 25 Then he came in and took his place before his master. And Elisha said to him, Where have you come from, Gehazi? And he said, Your servant went nowhere.