Job 1:12

The LORD said to Satan, “Behold, all that he has is in your power. Only on himself don’t stretch out your hand.” So Satan went out from the presence of the LORD.

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In The King James Version

And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, all that he hath is in thy power; only upon himself put not forth thine hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of the LORD.

In Context

11But stretch out your hand now, and touch all that he has, and he will renounce you to your face.”

13It fell on a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house,

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Cross References

Genesis 16:6But Abram said to Sarai, “Behold, your maid is in your hand. Do to her whatever is good in your eyes.” Sarai dealt harshly with her, and she fled from her face.

1 Kings 22:23Now therefore, behold, the LORD has put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these your prophets; and the LORD has spoken evil concerning you.”

Job 2:4Satan answered the LORD, and said, “Skin for skin. Yes, all that a man has he will give for his life.

Psalms 76:10Surely the wrath of man praises you. The survivors of your wrath are restrained.

Jeremiah 38:5Zedekiah the king said, “Behold, he is in your hand; for the king can’t do anything to oppose you.”

Luke 12:23Life is more than food, and the body is more than clothing.

Matthew Henry on Job 1:7-13

Satan before God; Satan Permitted to Afflict Job. ( b. c. 1520.) 6 Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord , and Satan came also among them. 7 And the Lord said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered the Lord , and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it. 8 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 man, one that feareth God, and… Read the whole commentary →

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