Job 2:7

Then Satan left the Lord's presence and inflicted Job with horrible skin sores from the bottom of his feet to the top of his head.

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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

6So the Lord said to Satan, “Very well, you have the power to do whatever you want to him, but don't kill him.”

8Job picked up a piece of broken pottery to scratch himself as he sat in ashes.

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Cross References

Exodus 9:9It will spread like fine dust over the whole country of Egypt, and open sores will break out on people and animals throughout the land.”

Deuteronomy 28:35The Lord will give you painful boils that can't be cured on your knees and thighs, in fact from head to toe.

Job 1:11But if you reach out and take everything he has, he will definitely curse you to your face.”

Job 30:17At night my bones are in agony; the pain gnaws at me and never stops.

Isaiah 1:6You're injured from head to toe, bruised and sore, with open wounds that haven't been cleaned or bandaged or treated with olive oil.

Revelation 16:11and they cursed the God of heaven because of their pain and their sores, but they did not repent and stop what they were doing.

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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