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Job 1:11

Trials and adversity

9 Satan answered the LORD, “Does Job fear God for nothing?

10 Have You not placed a hedge on every side around him and his household and all that he owns? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land.

But stretch out Your hand and strike all that he has, and he will surely curse You to Your face.”

12 “Very well,” said the LORD to Satan. “Everything he has is in your hands, but you must not lay a hand on the man himself.” Then Satan went out from the presence of the LORD.

13 One day, while Job’s sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house,

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
But stretch out Your hand and strike all that he has, and he will surely curse You to Your face.”
KJV
But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face.
WEB
But stretch out your hand now, and touch all that he has, and he will renounce you to your face.”
ASV
But put forth thy hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will renounce thee to thy face.
DARBY
But put forth thy hand now and touch all that he hath, [and see] if he will not curse thee to thy face!
BLB
But now stretch out Your hand and touch against all that [is] unto him, if he will not curse you to your face!”
ÅB
Men rekk bare hånden din og rør ved alt han har! Da vil han helt sikkert forbanne deg midt i ansiktet.
OTB
Men rekk ut din hånd nå og rør ved alt han har, og han vil sikkert forbanne deg rett opp i ansiktet."
B1930
Men rekk bare ut din hånd og rør ved alt som hans er! Da vil han visselig si dig farvel like i ditt ansikt.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Job 2:5

    But stretch out Your hand and strike his flesh and bones, and he will surely curse You to Your face.”

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  • Job 19:21

    Have pity on me, my friends, have pity, for the hand of God has struck me.

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  • Revelation 16:11

    and curse the God of heaven for their pains and sores; yet they did not repent of their deeds.

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  • Revelation 16:9

    And the people were scorched by intense heat, and they cursed the name of God, who had authority over these plagues; yet they did not repent and give Him glory.

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  • Revelation 16:21

    And great hailstones weighing almost a hundred pounds each rained down on them from above. And men cursed God for the plague of hail, because it was so horrendous.

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  • Malachi 3:13–14

    “Your words against Me have been harsh,” says the LORD. “Yet you ask, ‘What have we spoken against You?’

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  • Isaiah 8:21

    They will roam the land, dejected and hungry. When they are famished, they will become enraged; and looking upward, they will curse their king and their God.

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  • Job 1:5

    And when the days of feasting were over, Job would send for his children to purify them, rising early in the morning to offer burnt offerings for all of them. For Job thought, “Perhaps my children have sinned and cursed God in their hearts.” This was Job’s regular practice.

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