Job 1:11

But stretch only forth thy hand and touch all that he hath, and [see] whether he will not renounce thee to thy face.

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face.

In Context

10Behold, thou hast indeed placed a fence about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath, on every side: the work of his hands hast thou blessed, and his cattle are far spread out in the land.

12Then said the Lord unto the Accuser, Behold, all that is his be in thy power; only against himself shalt thou not stretch forth thy hand. The Accuser went thereupon away from the presence of the Lord.

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Cross References

Job 1:5And it happened, when the days of the feast were gone round, that Job sent and sanctified them, and he then rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt-offerings according to the number of all of them; for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and have renounced God in their heart. In this manner used Job to do all the time.

Job 1:21And he said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; may the name of the Lord be blessed.

Job 2:5But stretch only forth thy hand, and touch his bone and his flesh, and [see] whether he will not renounce thee to thy face.

Job 2:7Thereupon went the Accuser forth from the presence of the Lord, and he smote Job with a sore inflammation, from the sole of his foot unto the crown of his head.

Job 4:5Yet now, when it cometh to thee, thou art wearied: it toucheth even thee, and thou art terrified.

Psalms 105:15[Saying,] “Touch not my anointed, and do my prophets no harm,”—

Matthew Henry on Job 1:7-13

Satan before God; Satan Permitted to Afflict Job. ( b. c. 1520.) 6 Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord , and Satan came also among them. 7 And the Lord said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered the Lord , and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it. 8 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 man, one that feareth God, and… Read the whole commentary →

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