Job 1:7 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁷ The Lord said to the accuser, “Where have you come from?” The accuser answered the Lord, “From going to and fro on the earth and from walking up and down on it.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁷ And the Lord said to Satan, From where did you come? Then Satan answered the Lord, From going to and fro on the earth and from walking up and down on it.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁷ 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.

Common English Bible

⁷ The LORD said to the Adversary, “Where did you come from?” The Adversary answered the LORD, “From wandering throughout the earth.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁷ The Lord said to him, "Where do you come from?" Answering, he said, "I have circled the land, and walked around in it."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁷ And the Lord said to him: Whence comest thou? And he answered and said: I have gone round about the earth, and walked through it.

Job 1:7 Cross References

2 Kings 5:25

He went in and stood before his master, and Elisha said to him, “Where have you been, Gehazi?” He answered, “Your servant has not gone anywhere at all.”

Job 2:2

The Lord said to the accuser, “Where have you come from?” The accuser answered the Lord, “From going to and fro on the earth and from walking up and down on it.”

Zechariah 6:7

When the steeds came out, they were impatient to get off and patrol the earth. And he said, “Go, patrol the earth.” So they patrolled the earth.

Matthew 12:43

“When the unclean spirit has gone out of a person, it wanders through waterless regions looking for a resting place, but it finds none.

1 Peter 5:8

Discipline yourselves; keep alert. Like a roaring lion your adversary the devil prowls around, looking for someone to devour.

Revelation 12:9

The great dragon was thrown down, that ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world—he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.

Revelation 20:8

and will come out to deceive the nations at the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, in order to gather them for battle; they are as numerous as the sands of the sea.