Hiob 2:1

1 Es begab sich aber des Tages, da die Kinder Gottes kamen und traten vor den HERRN, daß der Satan auch unter ihnen kam und vor den HERRN trat.

Hiob 2:1 Meaning and Commentary

Job 2:1

Again, there was a day, when the sons of God came to present
themselves before the Lord
When good men, professors of religion, met together by agreement to worship the Lord; the Targum calls them companies of angels, interpreting the words of them, and of their standing before the Lord, as most interpreters do; how long this time of their meeting was from the former cannot be said, probably but a few days, a week or fortnight at most; the Targum says, it was on the day of the great judgment, and which, as in ( Job 1:6 ) ; was at the beginning of the year; so that according to this, and other Jewish writers, there was a whole year between this and the former meeting, and so between the first and second trial of Job; but this is not likely, since Satan would never give him so much breathing time; nor can it be thought that Job's friends should stay so long before they paid him a visit, which was not till after this day:

and Satan came also among them to present himself before the Lord;
being either obliged to it upon a summons to appear before God, and give an account of what he had been doing on the earth, and especially to Job; or rather he came willingly, seeking an opportunity to continue his charge against Job, and to accuse him afresh, and get his commission enlarged to do him more mischief, which he could not do without a fresh grant.

Hiob 2:1 In-Context

1 Es begab sich aber des Tages, da die Kinder Gottes kamen und traten vor den HERRN, daß der Satan auch unter ihnen kam und vor den HERRN trat.

2 Da sprach der HERR zu dem Satan: Wo kommst du her? Der Satan antwortete dem HERRN und sprach: Ich habe das Land umher durchzogen. {~}

3 Der HERR sprach zu dem Satan: Hast du nicht acht auf meinen Knecht Hiob gehabt? Denn es ist seinesgleichen im Lande nicht, schlecht und recht, gottesfürchtig und meidet das Böse und hält noch fest an seiner Frömmigkeit; du aber hast mich bewogen, daß ich ihn ohne Ursache verderbt habe.

4 Der Satan antwortete dem HERRN und sprach: Haut für Haut; und alles was ein Mann hat, läßt er für sein Leben.

5 Aber recke deine Hand aus und taste sein Gebein und Fleisch an: was gilt's, er wird dir ins Angesicht absagen?