Job 2:6

The LORD said to Satan, “Behold, he is in your hand. Only spare his life.”

World English 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 stretch out your hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will renounce you to your face.”

7So Satan went out from the presence of the LORD, and struck Job with painful sores from the sole of his foot to his head.

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 18:21“He said, ‘I will go, and will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.’ “He said, ‘You will entice him, and will prevail also. Go and do so.’

Job 1:12The 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.

Psalms 65:7You still the roaring of the seas, the roaring of their waves, and the turmoil of the nations.

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

1 Corinthians 10:13No temptation has taken you except what is common to man. God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above what you are able, but will with the temptation also make the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.

Revelation 20:1I saw an angel coming down out of 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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