Job 2:5

But stretch now out thine hand, and touch his bones and his flesh, to see if he will not blaspheme thee to thy face.

Geneva Bible 1599

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 the Lord, and sayde, Skin for skin, and all that euer a man hath, will he giue for his life.

6Then the Lord said vnto Satan, Lo, he is in thine hand, but saue his life.

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Cross References

1 Chronicles 21:17And Dauid said vnto God, Is it not I that commanded to nomber the people? It is euen I that haue sinned and haue committed euil, but these sheepe what haue they done? O Lord my God, I beseech thee, let thine hande be on me and on my fathers house, and not on thy people for their destruction.

Job 1:11But stretch out now thine hand and touch all that he hath, to see if he will not blaspheme thee to thy face.

Job 2:9Then said his wife vnto him, Doest thou continue yet in thine vprightnes? Blaspheme God, and dye.

Psalms 32:3When I helde my tongue, my bones consumed, or when I roared all the day,

Psalms 39:10Take thy plague away from mee: for I am consumed by the stroke 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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