Job 2:6

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

Noyes Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

5But put forth now thy hand, and touch his bone and his flesh, and to thy face will he renounce thee.

7Then Satan went forth from the presence of Jehovah, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot to his crown.

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Cross References

Job 1:12And Jehovah said to Satan, Behold, all that he hath is in thy power; but upon him lay not thy hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of Jehovah.

Psalms 65:7Thou stillest the roar of the sea, The roar of its waves, And the tumult of the nations.

Luke 12:23The life is more than its food, and the body than its raiment.

1 Corinthians 10:13No temptation hath come upon you, but such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted beyond what ye are able to endure, but will with the temptation furnish also the way to escape, that ye may be able to endure it.

Revelation 20:1And I saw an angel coming down from heaven, having the key of the abyss, and a great chain in 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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