Job 2:6
And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thine hand; only spare his life.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thine hand; but save his life.
In Context
Cross References
2 Chronicles 18:21And he said, I will go forth, and will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt entice him, and shalt prevail also: go forth, and do so.
Job 1:12And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, all that he hath is in thy power; only upon himself put not forth thine hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of the LORD.
Psalms 65:7Which stilleth the roaring of the seas, the roaring of their waves, and the tumult of the peoples.
Luke 12:23For the life is more than the food, and the body than the raiment.
1 Corinthians 10:13There hath no temptation taken you but such as man can bear: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation make also the way of escape, that ye may be able to endure it.
Revelation 20:1And I saw an angel coming down out of heaven, having the key of the abyss and a great chain in his 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 →