Job 2:6

וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֶל ־ הַשָּׂטָן הִנּוֹ בְיָדֶךָ אַךְ אֶת ־ נַפְשׁוֹ שְׁמֹֽר ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

5אוּלָם שְֽׁלַֽח ־ נָא יָֽדְךָ וְגַע אֶל ־ עַצְמוֹ וְאֶל ־ בְּשָׂרוֹ אִם ־ לֹא אֶל ־ פָּנֶיךָ יְבָרֲכֶֽךָּ ׃

7וַיֵּצֵא הַשָּׂטָן מֵאֵת פְּנֵי יְהוָה וַיַּךְ אֶת ־ אִיּוֹב בִּשְׁחִין רָע מִכַּף רַגְלוֹ עד קָדְקֳדֽוֹ ׃

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 18:21וַיֹּאמֶר אֵצֵא וְהָיִיתִי לְרוּחַ שֶׁקֶר בְּפִי כָּל ־ נְבִיאָיו וַיֹּאמֶר תְּפַתֶּה וְגַם ־ תּוּכָל צֵא וַעֲשֵׂה ־ כֵֽן ׃

Job 1:12וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֶל ־ הַשָּׂטָן הִנֵּה כָל ־ אֲשֶׁר ־ לוֹ בְּיָדֶךָ רַק אֵלָיו אַל ־ תִּשְׁלַח יָדֶךָ וַיֵּצֵא הַשָּׂטָן מֵעִם פְּנֵי יְהוָֽה ׃

Psalms 65:7מֵכִין הָרִים בְּכֹחוֹ נֶאְזָר בִּגְבוּרָֽה ׃

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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