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Job 1:7

And the LORD said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.

KJV

Cui dixit Dominus : Unde venis ? Qui respondens, ait : Circuivi terram, et perambulavi eam.

Vulgate

καὶ εἶπεν ὁ κύριος τῷ διαβόλῳ Πόθεν παραγέγονας; καὶ ἀποκριθεὶς ὁ διάβολος τῷ κυρίῳ εἶπεν Περιελθὼν τὴν γῆν καὶ ἐμπεριπατήσας τὴν ὑπ’ οὐρανὸν πάρειμι.

LXX

And Jehovah said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered Jehovah, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.

ASV

וַ/יֹּ֧אמֶר יְהוָ֛ה אֶל הַ/שָּׂטָ֖ן מֵ/אַ֣יִן תָּבֹ֑א וַ/יַּ֨עַן הַ/שָּׂטָ֤ן אֶת יְהוָה֙ וַ/יֹּאמַ֔ר מִ/שּׁ֣וּט בָּ/אָ֔רֶץ וּ/מֵֽ/הִתְהַלֵּ֖ךְ בָּֽ/הּ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
אַ֣יִן
'yn
particle · 16×
בָּ֣א
b'
verb · 2573×
הוֹלֵ֣ךְ
hvlk
verb · 507×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
מְשֹׁטְט֤וֹת
mshttvt
verb · 13×
נִי
ny
verb · 325×
שָּׂטָ֔ן
shtn
noun · 27×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Pet 5:8 — Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
  • Eph 2:2 — Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:
  • Job 2:2 — And the LORD said unto Satan, From whence comest thou? And Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.
  • Job 2:2 — And the LORD said unto Satan, From whence comest thou? And Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.
  • Judg 9:9 — But the olive tree said unto them, Should I leave my fatness, wherewith by me they honour God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees?
  • Luke 11:24 — When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest; and finding none, he saith, I will return unto my house whence I came out.
  • Matt 12:43 — When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none.
  • Matt 12:43 — When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none.
  • Rev 12:9 — And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
  • Rev 12:12 — Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath bu
  • Rev 20:2 — And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,
  • Rev 20:8 — And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.
  • Zech 1:10 — And the man that stood among the myrtle trees answered and said, These are they whom the LORD hath sent to walk to and fro through the earth.