2Yahweh said to Satan, |Where have you come from?| Satan answered Yahweh, and said, |From going back and forth in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.|


In Context

1 Again it happened on the day when the God's sons came to present themselves before Yahweh, that Satan came also among them to present himself before Yahweh.

2 Yahweh said to Satan, |Where have you come from?| Satan answered Yahweh, and said, |From going back and forth in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.|

3 Yahweh said to Satan, |Have you considered my servant Job? For there is none like him in 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.|

4 Satan answered Yahweh, and said, |Skin for skin. Yes, all that a man has he will give for his life.

Job 2:2 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:2And 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.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:2And the Lord said to Satan, "Where have you come from?" Satan answered the Lord , "From roaming through the earth and going back and forth in it."

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:2That the Lord said to Satan: Whence comest thou ? And he answered and said: I have gone round about the earth, and walked through it.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:2And Jehovah said unto Satan, From whence comest thou? And Satan answered Jehovah, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:2And Jehovah said to Satan, From whence comest thou? And Satan answered Jehovah and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:2And 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:2And the LORD said to Satan, Whence comest thou? and Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking up and down upon it.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:2And Jehovah saith unto the Adversary, 'Whence camest thou?' And the Adversary answereth Jehovah and saith, 'From going to and fro in the land, and from walking up and down in it.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:2And the LORD said to Satan, From where come you? And Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.