Job 1:6 — compare English translations
Compare translationsJob 1:6 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
וַיְהִ֣י
hâyâh
H1961
to be
הַיּ֔וֹם
yôwm
H3117
day
וַיָּבֹ֨אוּ֙
bôwʼ
H935
to enter
בְּנֵ֣י
bên
H1121
son
הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים
ʼĕlôhîym
H430
God
לְהִתְיַצֵּ֖ב
yâtsab
H3320
to stand
עַל
ʻal
H5921
upon
יְהוָ֑ה
Yᵉhôvâh
H3068
LORD
וַיָּב֥וֹא
bôwʼ
H935
to enter
גַֽם
gam
H1571
also
הַשָּׂטָ֖ן
sâṭân
H7854
adversary
בְּתוֹכָֽם
tâvek
H8432
midst
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
Now it happened on the day when the sons of God came to present themselves before Yahweh, that Satan also came among them.
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King James Version Public Domain
Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And it was the day, and the sons of God came to present themselves to Yahweh. And the adversary also came in the midst of them.
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