Job 2:7
So the accuser went forth from the presence of Yahweh,—and smote Job with a sore boil, from the sole of his foot, unto his crown.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
6And Yahweh said unto the accuser, Behold him! in thy hand,—only, his life, preserve thou!
8And he took him a potsherd, to scrape himself therewith; he being seated in the midst of ashes.
Cross References
Exodus 9:9then shall they become fine dust, over all the land of Egypt,—and shall become on man and on beast, a burning sore, breaking out in pustules in all the land of Egypt.
Deuteronomy 28:35Yahweh, will smite thee, with a grievous boil, upon the knees and upon the legs, of which thou canst not be healed,—from the sole of thy foot even unto the crown of thy head.
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 30:17Night, boreth, my bones, all over me,—and, my sinews, find no rest;
Isaiah 1:6From the sole of the foot even unto the head, there is in it no soundness, Bruise and stripe and newly-made wound,—They have not been pressed out, nor bound up, nor soothed with oil.
Revelation 16:11and they blasphemed the God of heaven, by reason of their pain, and by reason of their ulcers, and repented not of their works.
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 →