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Job 2:6

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

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

“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.

8 And Job took a piece of broken pottery to scrape himself as he sat among the ashes.

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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
“Very well,” said the LORD to Satan. “He is in your hands, but you must spare his life.”
KJV
And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thine hand; but save his life.
WEB
The LORD said to Satan, “Behold, he is in your hand. Only spare his life.”
ASV
And Jehovah said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thy hand; only spare his life.
DARBY
And Jehovah said to Satan, Behold, he is in thy hand; only spare his life.
BLB
And YHWH said to Satan, “Behold, he [is] in your hand, yet his life you must spare.”
ÅB
Da sa Herren til Satan: Se, han er i din hånd; spar bare hans liv!
OTB
Herren sa til Satan: «Godt, han er i din hånd; bare spar hans liv.»
B1930
Da sa Herren til Satan: Se, han er i din hånd; spar bare hans liv!

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 1 Corinthians 10:13

    No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, He will also provide an escape, so that you can stand up under it.

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  • Luke 22:31–32

    Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift each of you like wheat.

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  • Revelation 2:10

    Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Look, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison to test you, and you will suffer tribulation for ten days. Be faithful even unto death, and I will give you the crown of life.

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  • Job 1:12

    “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.

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  • Luke 8:29–33

    For Jesus had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. Many times it had seized him, and though he was bound with chains and shackles, he had broken the chains and been driven by the demon into solitary places.

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  • Job 38:10–11

    when I fixed its boundaries and set in place its bars and doors,

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  • Revelation 20:7

    When the thousand years are complete, Satan will be released from his prison,

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  • Revelation 20:1–2

    Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven with the key to the Abyss, holding in his hand a great chain.

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