Job 2:6

And the Lord said to the devil, Behold, I deliver him up to thee; only save his life.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thine hand; but save his life.

In Context

5Nay, but put forth thine hand, and touch his bones and his flesh: verily he will bless thee to thy face.

7So the devil went out from the Lord, and smote Job with sore boils from his feet to his head.

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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 the Lord said, Thou shalt deceive him, and shalt prevail: go forth, and do so.

Job 1:12Then the Lord said to the devil, Behold, I give into thine hand all that he has, but touch not himself. So the devil went out from the presence of the Lord.

Psalms 65:7who by his power + 65:7 Or, has dominion for ever.is Lord over the age, his eyes look upon the nations; let not them that provoke him be exalted in themselves. Pause.

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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