Job 1:11
You have blessed the work of his hands, and his substance has spread in the land, and yet, put forth Your hand now, and strike against anything that he has—if not, he blesses You to Your face!”
Literal Standard Version
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
10Have You not made a hedge for him, and for his house, and for all that he has—all around?
Cross References
Job 1:5and it comes to pass, when they have gone around the days of the banquet, that Job sends and sanctifies them, and has risen early in the morning, and caused burnt-offerings to ascend—the number of them all—for Job said, “Perhaps my sons have sinned, yet blessed God in their heart.” Thus Job does all the days.
Job 1:21and he says, “I came forth naked from the womb of my mother, || And naked I return there. YHWH has given and YHWH has taken; Let the Name of YHWH be blessed.”
Job 2:5Yet, put forth Your hand now, and strike to his bone and to his flesh—if not, he blesses You to Your face!”
Job 2:7And Satan goes forth from the presence of YHWH, and strikes Job with a severe ulcer from the sole of his foot to his crown.
Job 4:5But now, it comes to you, || And you are weary; It strikes to you, and you are troubled.
Psalms 105:15“Do not strike against My anointed, || And do no evil to My prophets.”
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 →