Job 1:6

Satan Allowed to Test Job

Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan [1] also came among them.

1 Chronicles 21:1

David's Census Brings Pestilence

21 Then Satan stood against Israel and incited David to number Israel.

Zechariah 3:1

A Vision of Joshua the High Priest

Then he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord, and Satan [2] standing at his right hand to accuse him.

Revelation 12:9-10

And the great dragon was thrown down, that ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world—he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him. 10 And I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, “Now the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of his Christ have come, for the accuser of our brothers [3] has been thrown down, who accuses them day and night before our God.

Translation Notes

[1] 1:6 Hebrew the Adversary; so throughout chapters 1–2
[2] 3:1 Satan means the accuser
[3] 12:10 Or brothers and sisters

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