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Job 2:5

Suffering

3 Then the LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job? For there is no one on earth like him, a man who is blameless and upright, who fears God and shuns evil. He still retains his integrity, even though you incited Me against him to ruin him without cause.”

4 “Skin for skin!” Satan replied. “A man will give up all he owns in exchange for his life.

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

6 “Very well,” said the LORD to Satan. “He is in your hands, but you must spare his life.”

7 So Satan went out from the presence of the LORD and infected Job with terrible boils from the soles of his feet to the crown of his head.

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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 his flesh and bones, and he will surely curse You to Your face.”
KJV
But put forth thine hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face.
WEB
But stretch out your hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will renounce you to your face.”
ASV
But put forth thy hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will renounce thee to thy face.
DARBY
but put forth thy hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, [and see] if he will not curse thee to thy face!
BLB
But now stretch out Your hand and touch upon his bone and upon his flesh—if he will not curse You to Your face!”
ÅB
Men rekk bare ut hånden og rør ved beinene og kjøttet hans! Så vil han helt sikkert forbanne deg midt i ansikt.
OTB
Men nå, strekk ut din hånd og rør ved hans ben og kjøtt, så vil han sikkert forbanne deg rett opp i ansiktet.»
B1930
Men rekk bare ut din hånd og rør ved hans ben og hans kjøtt! Da vil han visselig si dig farvel like i ditt ansikt.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Job 1:11

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

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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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  • Leviticus 24:15

    And you are to tell the Israelites, ‘If anyone curses his God, he shall bear the consequences of his sin.

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  • Job 19:20–21

    My skin and flesh cling to my bones; I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.

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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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  • Psalms 38:2–7

    For Your arrows have pierced me deeply, and Your hand has pressed down on me.

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  • Psalms 39:10

    Remove Your scourge from me; I am perishing by the force of Your hand.

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  • Job 2:9

    Then Job’s wife said to him, “Do you still retain your integrity? Curse God and die!”

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