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Job 1:11

Trials and adversity

9 Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, Doth Job fear God for nought?

10 Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.

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

12 And 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.

13 And there was a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest 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.

Compare

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

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  • Job 19:21

    Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.

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  • Revelation 16:11

    And blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, and repented not of their deeds.

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  • Revelation 16:9

    And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him glory.

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  • Revelation 16:21

    And there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven, every stone about the weight of a talent: and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail; for the plague thereof was exceeding great.

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  • Malachi 3:13–14

    Your words have been stout against me, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, What have we spoken so much against thee?

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  • Isaiah 8:21

    And they shall pass through it, hardly bestead and hungry: and it shall come to pass, that when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and curse their king and their God, and look upward.

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  • Job 1:5

    And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all: for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually.

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