Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
going to and fro--rather, "hurrying rapidly to and fro." The original idea in Arabic is the heat of haste (Matthew 12:43; 1 Peter 5:8). Satan seems to have had some peculiar connection with this earth. Perhaps he was formerly its ruler under God. Man succeeded to the vice royalty (Genesis 1:26; Psalms 8:6). Man then lost it and Satan became prince of this world. The Son of man (Psalms 8:4) --the representative man, regains the forfeited inheritance (Revelation 11:15). Satan's replies are characteristically curt and short. When the angels appear before God, Satan is among them, even as there was a Judas among the apostles.
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Job 1:6
Job 14:3
Daniel 9:27
Zechariah 1:10
Zechariah 6:7
Luke 22:31-34
Ephesians 2:2
Ephesians 6:12
1 Peter 5:8
Revelation 12:7
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