“Where have you come from?” the Lord asked Satan. Satan answered the Lord, “I have been patrolling the earth, watching everything that’s going on.”

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

And the Lord said unto Satan ... - See the notes at Job 1:7.

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

And the Lord said to Satan, from where did you come ?
&c.] The same question is put to him, and the same answer is r…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

How good it is for us that neither men nor devils are to be our judges! But all our judgment comes from the Lord, who never errs. Job still holds f…

Thomas Aquinas

Thomas Aquinas

ThomasAquinas

13th Century
Catholic
13th Century

There are three kinds of human goods: those of the soul, of the body, and external things. These goods are ordered in such a way that the body exis…