Zechariah 3:1

KJV

And he shewed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord, and Satan standing at his right hand to resist him.

— Zechariah 3:1, King James Version
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Study Note

The heavenly court scene in which Joshua the high priest stands before the angel of the Lord 'and Satan standing at his right hand to resist him' provides one of the Old Testament's most vivid depictions of the adversarial figure in the divine council. The name 'Satan' (hassatan, 'the accuser') functions as a title — the prosecuting attorney of the heavenly court — not yet the fully developed personal name of later Christian theology. The vision is dated to the post-exilic period (Joshua is the historical high priest of Ezra's time), making the exchange about covenantal fitness for ministry in a community that has recently returned from the 'fire' of exile. The divine rebuke 'the Lord rebuke thee, O Satan' (3:2) was adopted by Jude 9 into the vocabulary of apostolic polemic against demonic opposition.

Другие переводы

ASV

And he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of Jehovah, and Satan standing at his right hand to be his adversary.

YLT

And he sheweth me Joshua the high priest standing before the messenger of Jehovah, and the Adversary standing at his right hand, to be an adversary to him.

BBE

And he let me see Joshua, the high priest, in his place before the angel of the Lord, and the Satan at his right hand ready to take up a cause against him.

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