Job 2:6

And the Lord said to the devil, Behold, I deliver him up to thee; 1 Only save his life. 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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

In Context

5Nay, but put forth thy hand, and touch his bones and his flesh: 1 Verily he will curse thee to thy face. 1

7So the devil went out from the Lord, 1 And smote Job with sore boils from his feet to his head. 1

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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 the Lord said, Thou shalt deceive him, and shalt prevail: go forth, and do so.

Job 1:12Then the Lord said to the devil, 1 Behold, I give into thy hand all that he has, 1 But touch not him. 1 So the devil went out from the presence of the Lord. 1

Psalms 65:7Who by his power is Lord over the age, 1 His eyes look upon the nations; 1 Let not them that provoke him be exalted in themselves. Pause. 1

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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