Job 1:6-12
Job 1 :6 -12
One day the angels came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came with them. The LORD said to Satan, 'Where have you come from?' Satan answered the LORD, 'From roaming throughout the earth.'... The LORD said to Satan, 'Very well, then, everything he has is in your power, but on the man himself do not lay a finger.'
— NIV
Context
The heavenly council—Satan challenges Job's faithfulness.
Job 1:6-12
The Divine Council—Satan appears before God to accuse Job.
The Accuser
In Job, Satan (the “adversary”) appears as a member of the heavenly council who tests human faithfulness. This early portrait of Satan as God’s permitted tester differs from later developed concepts of the devil, yet laid the groundwork for them.