Job 2:6

And YHWH says to Satan, “Behold, he [is] in your hand; only take care of his life.”

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

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

In Context

5Yet, put forth Your hand now, and strike to his bone and to his flesh—if not, he blesses You to Your face!”

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.

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 18:21And he says, I go out, and have become a spirit of falsehood in the mouth of all his prophets. And He says, You entice, and also, you are able; go out and do so.

Job 1:12And YHWH says to Satan, “Behold, all that he has [is] in your hand, only do not put forth your hand to him.” And Satan goes out from the presence of YHWH.

Psalms 65:7Restraining the noise of seas, the noise of their billows, || And the multitude of the peoples.

Luke 12:23life is more than nourishment, and the body than clothing.

1 Corinthians 10:13No temptation has taken you—except that of man; and God is faithful, who will not permit you to be tempted above what you are able, but He will make, with the temptation, also the outlet, for your being able to bear [it].

Revelation 20:1And I saw a messenger coming down out of Heaven, having the key of the abyss, and a great chain over his 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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