Job 2:5

But put forth now thy hand, and touch his bone and his flesh, and to thy face will he renounce thee.

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In The King James Version

But put forth thine hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face.

In Context

4And Satan answered Jehovah, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life.

6And Jehovah said to Satan, Behold, he is in thy hand; but spare his life.

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Cross References

Job 1:11But only put forth thy hand, and touch whatever he possesseth, and to thy face will he renounce thee.

Job 2:9Then said his wife to him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? Renounce God, and die.

Psalms 32:3While I kept silence, my bones were wasted, By reason of my groaning all the day long.

Psalms 39:10But remove from me thine infliction; For I am perishing by the blow of thine 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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