Job 2:7

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

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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

In Context

6And the Lord said to the devil, Behold, I deliver him up to thee; 1 Only save his life. 1

8And he took a potsherd to scrape away the discharge, 1 And sat upon a dungheap outside the city. 1

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Cross References

Exodus 9:9And let it become dust over all the land of Egypt, and there shall be upon men and upon beasts sore blains breaking forth both on men and on beasts, in all the land of Egypt.

Deuteronomy 28:35The Lord smite thee with an evil sore, on the knees and the legs, so that thou shalt not be able to be healed from the sole of thy foot to the crown of thy head.

Job 1:11But put forth thy hand, and touch all that he has: 1 Verily he will curse thee to thy face. 1

Job 30:17And by night my bones are confounded; 1 And my sinews are relaxed. 1

Isaiah 1:6From the feet to the head, there is no soundness in them; neither wound, nor bruise, nor festering ulcer are healed: it is not possible to apply a plaster, nor oil, nor bandages.

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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