The LORD said to Satan, “Where have you come from?”
Satan answered the LORD, and said, “From going back and forth on the earth, and from walking up and down in it.”
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Job 2:2 in context
Job 2:1–5
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Again, on the day when God’s sons came to present themselves before the LORD, Satan came also among them to present himself before the LORD.
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The LORD said to Satan, “Where have you come from?”
Satan answered the LORD, and said, “From going back and forth on the earth, and from walking up and down in it.”
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The LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? For there is no one like him on the earth, a blameless and an upright man, one who fears God, and turns away from evil. He still maintains his integrity, although you incited me against him, to ruin him without cause.”
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Satan answered the LORD, and said, “Skin for skin. Yes, all that a man has he will give for his life.
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But stretch out your hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will renounce you to your face.”
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