Job 2:7

So Satan went forth from the presence Of the Lord, and struck Job with a very grievous ulcer, from the sole of the foot even to the top of his head:

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

So went Satan forth from the presence of the LORD, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.

In Context

6And the Lord said to Satan: Behold be is in thy hand, but yet save his life.

8And he took a potsherd and scraped the corrupt matter, sitting on a dunghill.

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Cross References

Exodus 9:9And be there dust upon all the land of Egypt: for there shall be boils and swelling blains both in men and beasts in the whole land of Egypt.

Deuteronomy 28:35May the Lord strike thee with a very sore ulcer in the knees and in the legs, and be thou incurable from the sole of the foot to the top of the head.

Job 1:11But stretch forth thy hand a little, and touch all that he hath, and see if he blesseth thee not to thy face.

Job 30:17In the night my bone is pierced with sorrows: and they that feed upon me, do not sleep.

Isaiah 1:6From the sole of the foot unto the top of the head, there is no soundness therein: wounds and bruises and swelling sores: they are not bound up, nor dressed, nor fomented with oil.

Revelation 16:11And they blasphemed the God of heaven, because of their pains and wounds, and did not penance for their works.

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 →

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