Who were the "sons of God" in Job?

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**Job 1: 6
Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came among them. **
 
COGHOBDOJ said:
**Job 1: 6
Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came among them. **
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They were the angels. From the Haydock Commentary:
Ver. 6. The sons of God. The angels, (Challoner) as the Septuagint express it. (Calmet) — Satan also, &c. This passage represents to us in a figure, accommodated to the ways and understandings of men, 1. The restless endeavours of satan against the servants of God. 2. That he can do nothing without God’s permission. 3. That God doth not permit him to tempt them above their strength: but assists them by his divine grace in such manner, that the vain efforts of the enemy only serve to illustrate their virtue and increase their merit. (Challoner) — A similar prosopopeia occurs, 3 Kings xxii. 19., and Zacharias i. 10. (Calmet) — Devils appear not in God’s sight, but sometimes in presence of angels, who represent God. (St. Athanasius, q. 8. ad Antioc, (Worthington) or some ancient author.) — The good angels can make known their orders to them, Zacharias iii. 1., and Jude 9. Both good and bad spirits may be considered as the ministers of God. (Calmet) — They appear in judgment; though the latter could not see the Lord.
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COGHOBDOJ said:
**Job 1: 6
Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came among them. **
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Like Gen 6:1-4 and other OT texts, “Sons of God” always means the angels (in the OT that is). Some modern translation use “angels” instead of “Sons of God”.
 
DarkMark said:
Like Gen 6:1-4 and other OT texts, “Sons of God” always means the angels (in the OT that is). Some modern translation use “angels” instead of “Sons of God”.
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And here they are:​

  • Gen 6:2 That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they [were] fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.
  • Gen 6:4 There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare [children] to them, the same [became] mighty men which [were] of old, men of renown.
  • Job 1:6 Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and [the]* Satan came also among them.
  • Job 2:1 Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them to present himself before the LORD.
  • Job 38:7 When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
    There are six uses of the phrase “sons of God” in the NT - all referring to human beings, unlike these.
  • In the text, satan is a title, not a proper name as in AV & other versions; “the satan” = “the accuser”.
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