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Job 2:5

Suffering

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 man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? and still he holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroy him without cause.

4 And Satan answered the LORD, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life.

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

6 And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thine hand; but save his life.

7 So went Satan forth from the presence of the LORD, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.

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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.

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Cross references

  • Job 1:11

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

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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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  • Leviticus 24:15

    And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Whosoever curseth his God shall bear his sin.

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  • Job 19:20–21

    My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.

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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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  • Psalms 38:2–7

    For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.

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  • Psalms 39:10

    Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thine hand.

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  • Job 2:9

    Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? curse God, and die.

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