Job 1:7

Geneva Bible (1560)

Then the Lord sayde vnto Satan, Whence commest thou? And Satan answered the Lord, saying, From compassing the earth to and fro, and from walking in it.

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  • 1 Pet 5:8 : 8 Be sober, and watch: for your aduersarie the deuil as a roaring lyon walketh about, seeking whom he may deuoure:
  • Job 2:2 : 2 Then the Lord sayde vnto Satan, Whence commest thou? And Satan answered the Lorde, and sayd, From compassing the earth to and fro, and from walking in it.
  • Zech 1:10-11 : 10 And the man that stood among the mirre trees, answered, and sayd, These are they whome the Lord hath sent to go through the world. 11 And they answered the Angel of the Lord, that stood among the mirre trees, and sayd, We haue gone thorowe the world: and beholde, all the world sitteth still, and is at rest.
  • Zech 6:7 : 7 And the reddish went out, and required to go, and passe through the world, and he sayde, Goe passe through the worlde. So they went thorowout the world.
  • Matt 12:43 : 43 Nowe when the vncleane spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh throughout drie places, seeking rest, and findeth none.
  • Rev 12:9 : 9 And the great dragon, that olde serpent, called the deuil and Satan, was cast out, which deceiueth all the world: he was euen cast into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
  • Rev 12:12-17 : 12 Therefore reioyce, ye heauens, and ye that dwell in them. Wo to the inhabitants of the earth, and of the sea: for the deuill is come downe vnto you, which hath great wrath, knowing that he hath but a short time. 13 And when the dragon sawe that hee was cast vnto the earth, he persecuted the woman which had brought forth the man childe. 14 But to the woman were giuen two wings of a great egle, that she might flie into the wildernes, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, & times, and halfe a time, from the presence of the serpent. 15 And the serpent cast out of his mouth water after the woman, like a flood, that he might cause her to be caried away of the flood. 16 But the earth holpe the woman, & the earth opened her mouth, and swalowed vp the flood, which the dragon had cast out of his mouth. 17 Then the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went and made warre with the remnant of her seede, which keepe the comaundements of God, and haue the testimonie of Iesus Christ.
  • Rev 20:8 : 8 And shal go out to deceiue the people, which are in the foure quarters of the earth: euen Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battell, whose number is, as the sand of the sea.
  • 2 Kgs 5:25 : 25 Then he went in, and stoode before his master; Elisha said vnto him, Whence commest thou, Gehazi? And he said, Thy seruant went no whither.

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  • Job 2:1-8
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    96%

    1 And on a day the children of God came and stood before the Lord, and Satan came also among them, and stoode before the Lord.

    2 Then the Lord sayde vnto Satan, Whence commest thou? And Satan answered the Lorde, and sayd, From compassing the earth to and fro, and from walking in it.

    3 And the Lord sayd vnto Satan, Hast thou not considered my seruant Iob, how none is like him in the earth? an vpright and iust man, one that feareth God, and escheweth euill? for yet he continueth in his vprightnesse, although thou mouedst me against him, to destroy him without cause.

    4 And Satan answered the Lorde, and sayde, Skin for skin, and all that euer a man hath, will he giue for his life.

    5 But stretch now out thine hand, and touch his bones and his flesh, to see if he will not blaspheme thee to thy face.

    6 Then the Lorde said vnto Satan, Lo, he is in thine hand, but saue his life.

    7 So Satan departed from the presence of the Lord, and smote Iob with sore boyles, from the sole of his foote vnto his crowne.

    8 And he tooke a potsharde to scrape him, and he sate downe among the ashes.

  • Job 1:5-6
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    5 And when the dayes of their banketting were gone about, Iob sent, and sanctified them, and rose vp early in the morning, and offred burnt offrings according to the nomber of them all. For Iob thought, It may be that my sonnes haue sinned, & blasphemed God in their hearts: thus did Iob euery day.

    6 Nowe on a day when the children of God came and stoode before the Lorde, Satan came also among them.

  • Job 1:8-14
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    8 And the Lord saide vnto Satan, Hast thou not considered my seruant Iob, how none is like him in the earth? an vpright and iust man, one that feareth God, and escheweth euill?

    9 Then Satan answered the Lord, and sayde, Doeth Iob feare God for nought?

    10 Hast thou not made an hedge about him and about his house, & about all that he hath on euery side? thou hast blessed the worke of his hands, & his substance is increased in the land.

    11 But stretch out now thine hand & touch all that he hath, to see if he will not blaspheme thee to thy face.

    12 Then the Lorde sayde vnto Satan, Lo, all that he hath is in thine hand: onely vpon himselfe shalt thou not stretch out thine hand. So Satan departed from the presence of the Lord.

    13 And on a day, when his sonnes and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brothers house,

    14 There came a messenger vnto Iob, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding in their places,

  • Zech 1:10-11
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    10 And the man that stood among the mirre trees, answered, and sayd, These are they whome the Lord hath sent to go through the world.

    11 And they answered the Angel of the Lord, that stood among the mirre trees, and sayd, We haue gone thorowe the world: and beholde, all the world sitteth still, and is at rest.

  • Job 38:1
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    1 Then answered the Lord vnto Iob out of the whirle winde, and said,

  • Job 42:1
    74%

    1 Then Iob answered the Lord, and sayd,

  • Job 40:1
    73%

    1 (39:34) Moreouer ye Lord spake vnto Iob, & said,

  • Job 40:6-7
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    6 (40:1) Againe the Lord answered Iob out of the whirle winde, and said,

    7 (40:2) Girde vp now thy loynes like a man: I will demaunde of thee, and declare thou vnto me.

  • Job 9:1
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    1 Then Iob answered, and sayd,

  • Job 19:1
    72%

    1 Bvt Iob answered, and said,

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    1 There was a man in the lande of Vz called Iob, & this man was an vpright and iust man, one that feared God, and eschewed euill.

  • Job 40:3
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    3 (39:36) Then Iob answered the Lord, saying,

  • Zech 3:2
    72%

    2 And the Lord said vnto Satan, The Lord reprooue thee, O Satan: euen the Lord that hath chosen Ierusalem, reprooue thee. Is not this a brand taken out of the fire?

  • Job 23:1
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    1 Bvt Iob answered and sayd,

  • Job 6:1
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    1 Bvt Iob answered, and said,

  • Job 21:1
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    1 Bvt Iob answered, and sayd,

  • Gen 3:9
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    9 But the Lord God called to the man, and said vnto him, Where art thou?

  • 2 Chr 18:20
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    20 Then there came forth a spirit and stoode before the Lord, and said, I will perswade him; the Lord said vnto him, Wherein?

  • Job 12:1
    71%

    1 Then Iob answered, and sayde,

  • Gen 3:1
    71%

    1 Nowe the serpent was more subtill then any beast of the fielde, which the Lord God had made: and he said to the woman, Yea, hath God in deede said, Ye shall not eate of euery tree of the garden?

  • Job 1:20-22
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    70%

    20 Then Iob arose, and rent his garment, and shaued his head, and fel downe vpon the ground, and worshipped,

    21 And sayd, Naked came I out of my mothers wombe, and naked shall I returne thither: the Lord hath giuen, and the Lord hath taken it: blessed be the Name of the Lord.

    22 In all this did not Iob sinne, nor charge God foolishly.

  • Mic 1:3
    70%

    3 For beholde, the Lorde commeth out of his place, and will come downe, and tread vpon the hie places of the earth.

  • Job 42:7
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    7 Now after that the Lord had spoken these wordes vnto Iob, ye Lord also said vnto Eliphaz ye Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends: for yee haue not spoken of me the thing that is right, like my seruant Iob.

  • Job 26:1
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    1 Bvt Iob answered, and sayde,

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    1 Bvt Iob answered, and said,

  • Zech 6:7
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    7 And the reddish went out, and required to go, and passe through the world, and he sayde, Goe passe through the worlde. So they went thorowout the world.

  • 1 Chr 21:1
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    1 And Satan stoode vp against Israel, and prouoked Dauid to nomber Israel.