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And the LORD said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.
And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered ° my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil?

New Defender's Study Bible Notes

1:7 walking up and down. Note I Peter 5:8: “The devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour.” On this occasion, he was seeking the most righteous man in the earth, hoping to defeat God’s plan for mankind by tempting such a man to reject His Creator and Savior.


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