Job 1:11
But extend your hand a little, and touch all that he possesses, and see if he still praises you to your face.”
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face.
In Context
Cross References
Job 1:5And when the days of their feasting had been completed, Job sent to them and sanctified them, and, getting up at dawn, he offered holocausts for each one. For he said, “Perhaps my sons have sinned and have not praised God in their hearts.” So Job did all the days.
Job 1:21and he said, “Naked I departed from my mother’s womb, and naked I shall return. The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away. Just as it pleased the Lord, so has it been done. Blessed be the name of the Lord.”
Job 2:5Yet send your hand and touch his bone and his flesh, and then you will see whether or not he blesses you to your face.”
Job 2:7And so, Satan departed from the face of the Lord and he struck Job with a very serious ulcer from the sole of the foot all the way to the crown of his head.
Job 4:5But now the scourge has overcome you, and you falter. It has touched you, and you are disturbed.
Psalms 105:15And he granted to them their request, and he sent abundance into their souls.
Matthew Henry on Job 1:7-13
Satan before God; Satan Permitted to Afflict Job. ( b. c. 1520.) 6 Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord , and Satan came also among them. 7 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. 8 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… Read the whole commentary →