Albert Barnes Commentary


Albert Barnes Commentary
"Again it came to pass on the day when the sons of God came to present themselves before Jehovah, that Satan came also among them to present himself before Jehovah." — Job 2:1 (ASV)
Again there was a day ... - See the notes at (Job 1:6). These seasons are represented as periodical, when the angels came, as it were, to report to God what they had observed and done. The Chaldee renders this, “And there was a day of the great judgment (רבא דינא יום yôm dı̂ynā' rābā'), a day of the remission of sins (שבוק יום סרחניא) and there came bands (כתי) of angels.”
To present himself before the Lord - This does not occur in the former statement in (Job 1:6). It here means that he came before the Lord after he had permission to afflict Job. The Chaldee renders it, “that he might stand in judgment דין dı̂yn before the Lord.”