Job 1:12

Then the Lord sayde vnto Satan, Lo, all that he hath is in thine hand: onely vpon himselfe shalt thou not stretch out thine hand. So Satan departed from the presence of the Lord.

Geneva Bible 1599

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 now thine hand and touch all that he hath, to see if he will not blaspheme thee to thy face.

13And on a day, when his sonnes and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brothers house,

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Cross References

Genesis 16:6Then Abram saide to Sarai, Beholde, thy maide is in thine hand: doe with her as it pleaseth thee. Then Sarai dealt roughly with her: wherefore she fled from her.

1 Kings 22:23Now therefore behold, the Lord hath put a lying spirite in the mouth of all these thy prophets, and the Lord hath appoynted euill against thee.

Job 2:4And Satan answered the Lord, and sayde, Skin for skin, and all that euer a man hath, will he giue for his life.

Psalms 76:10Surely the rage of man shall turne to thy praise: the remnant of the rage shalt thou restrayne.

Jeremiah 38:5Then Zedekiah the King sayd, Behold, he is in your hands, for ye King can denie you nothing.

Luke 12:23The life is more then meate: and the body more then the raiment.

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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