Job 2:6
And Jehovah said to Satan, Behold, he is in thy hand; only spare his life.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thine hand; but save his life.
In Context
Cross References
2 Chronicles 18:21And he said, I will go forth, and will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt entice [him], and also succeed: go forth, and do so.
Job 1:12And Jehovah said to Satan, Behold, all that he hath is in thy hand; only upon himself put not forth thy hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of Jehovah.
Psalms 65:7Who stilleth the raging of the seas, the raging of their waves, and the tumult of the peoples.
Luke 12:23The life is more than food, and the body than raiment.
1 Corinthians 10:13No temptation has taken you but such as is according to man's nature; and God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above what ye are able [to bear], but will with the temptation make the issue also, so that [ye] should be able to bear [it].
Revelation 20:1And I saw an angel descending from the heaven, having the key of the abyss, and a great chain in his hand.
Matthew Henry on Job 2:2-7
Satan Again Permitted to Afflict Job. ( b. c. 1520.) 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 . 2 And the Lord said unto Satan, From whence comest thou? And Satan answered the Lord , and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it. 3 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… Read the whole commentary →