Job 2:5

But put forth thine hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face.

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In Context

4And Satan answered the LORD, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life.

6And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thine hand; but save his life.

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Cross References

1 Chronicles 21:17And David said unto God, Is it not I that commanded the people to be numbered? even I it is that have sinned and done evil indeed; but as for these sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I pray thee, O LORD my God, be on me, and on my father’s house; but not on thy people, that they should be plagued.

Job 1:11But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face.

Job 2:9Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? curse God, and die.

Psalms 32:3When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long.

Psalms 39:10Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow 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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