Job 2:6

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

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

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

In Context

5But put forth Thy hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, surely he will blaspheme Thee to Thy face.'

7So Satan went forth from the presence of the LORD, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot even unto his crown.

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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 He said: Thou shalt entice him, and shalt prevail also; go forth, and do so.

Job 1:12And the LORD said unto Satan: 'Behold, all that he hath is in thy power; only upon himself put not forth thy hand.' So Satan went forth from the presence of the LORD.

Psalms 65:7(65-8) Who stillest the roaring of the seas, the roaring of their waves, and the tumult of the peoples;

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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