Job 2:5

In very deed, put forth, I pray thee thy hand, and smite unto his bone, and unto his flesh,—verily, unto thy face, will he curse thee.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

4Then the accuser answered Yahweh, and said, Skin for skin, and so, all that a man hath, will he give for his life.

6And Yahweh said unto the accuser, Behold him! in thy hand,—only, his life, preserve thou!

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Cross References

1 Chronicles 21:17And David said unto God, Was it not, I, who gave word to number the people? Yea, I, it was who sinned and did the great wrong, what then had, these sheep, done? O Yahweh, my God, let thy hand, I beseech thee, be against me, and against the house of my father, but not against, thy people, that they should be plagued!

Job 1:11But, in very deed, put forth, I pray thee, thy hand, and smite all that he hath,—verily, unto thy face, will he curse thee.

Job 2:9Then said his wife unto him, Art thou still holding fast thine integrity? Curse God, and die!

Psalms 32:3When I kept silence, my bones became worn out, Through my groaning all the day;

Psalms 39:10Remove from off me thy stroke, Because of the hostility of thy hand, am, I, consumed.

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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