Job 2:5

But put forth Thy hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, surely he will blaspheme Thee to Thy face.'

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

But put forth thine hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face.

In Context

4And Satan answered the LORD, and said: 'Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life.

6And the LORD said unto Satan: 'Behold, he is in thy hand; only spare his life.'

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Cross References

1 Chronicles 21:17And David said unto God: 'Is it not I that commanded the people to be numbered? even I it is that have sinned and done very wickedly; but these sheep, what have they done? let Thy hand, I pray Thee, O LORD my God, be against me, and against my father's house; but not against Thy people, that they should be plagued.'

Job 1:11But put forth Thy hand now, and touch all that he hath, surely he will blaspheme Thee to Thy face.'

Job 2:9Then said his wife unto him: 'Dost thou still hold fast thine integrity? blaspheme God, and die.'

Psalms 32:3When I kept silence, my bones wore away through my groaning all the day long.

Psalms 39:10(39-11) Remove Thy stroke from off me; I am consumed by the blow of Thy 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 →

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