With regard to Satan’s activities as outlined in the Bible book of Job, the Encyclopædia Britannica (1970) says: ‘ Satan’s task is to roam through the earth seeking out acts or persons to be reported adversely; his function thus is the opposite of that of the “eyes of the Lord, ” which roam through the earth strengthening all that is good (II Chron. xvi, 9).
शैतान को इस बात का पूरा यकीन नहीं है कि इंसान बिना किसी स्वार्थ के भलाई कर सकता है । इस बात की परीक्षा लेने के लिए शैतान को परमेश्‍वर से इजाज़त मिली है ।