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Job 2:6

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

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

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.

8 And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down 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

    There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

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  • Luke 22:31–32

    And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat:

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  • Revelation 2:10

    Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.

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  • Job 1:12

    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.

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  • Luke 8:29–33

    (For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For oftentimes it had caught him: and he was kept bound with chains and in fetters; and he brake the bands, and was driven of the devil into the wilderness.)

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  • Job 38:10–11

    And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,

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  • Revelation 20:7

    And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison,

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  • Revelation 20:1–2

    And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.

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