11 (A)But now, stretch out Your hand and touch all that he has, and he will surely (B)curse[a] You to Your face!”

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  1. Job 1:11 Lit. bless, but in an evil sense; cf. Job 1:5

(A)But stretch out Your hand now, and touch his (B)bone and his flesh, and he will surely [a]curse You to Your face!”

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  1. Job 2:5 Lit. bless, but in an evil sense; cf. Job 1:5

21 “Have pity on me, have pity on me, O you my friends,
For the hand of God has struck me!

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11 They blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, and did not repent of their deeds.

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So it was, when the days of feasting had run their course, that Job would send and [a]sanctify them, and he would rise early in the morning (A)and offer burnt offerings according to the number of them all. For Job said, “It may be that my sons have sinned and (B)cursed[b] God in their hearts.” Thus Job did regularly.

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  1. Job 1:5 consecrate
  2. Job 1:5 Lit. blessed, but in an evil sense; cf. Job 1:11; 2:5, 9

21 And great hail from heaven fell upon men, each hailstone about the weight of a talent. Men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail, since that plague was exceedingly great.

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And men were scorched with great heat, and they (A)blasphemed the name of God who has power over these plagues; (B)and they did not repent (C)and give Him glory.

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The People Complain Harshly

13 “Your(A) words have been [a]harsh against Me,”
Says the Lord,
“Yet you say,
‘What have we spoken against You?’
14 (B)You have said,
‘It is useless to serve God;
What profit is it that we have kept His ordinance,
And that we have walked as mourners
Before the Lord of hosts?

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  1. Malachi 3:13 Lit. strong

For thus says the Lord of hosts: “He sent Me after glory, to the nations which plunder you; for he who (A)touches you touches the [a]apple of His eye.

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  1. Zechariah 2:8 Lit. pupil

21 They will pass through it hard-pressed and hungry; and it shall happen, when they are hungry, that they will be enraged and (A)curse [a]their king and their God, and look upward.

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  1. Isaiah 8:21 Or by their king and by their God

25 (A)Therefore the anger of the Lord is aroused against His people;
He has stretched out His hand against them
And stricken them,
And (B)the hills trembled.
Their carcasses were as refuse in the midst of the streets.

(C)For all this His anger is not turned away,
But His hand is stretched out still.

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15 Saying, “Do not touch My anointed ones,
And do My prophets no harm.”

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But now it comes upon you, and you are weary;
It touches you, and you are troubled.

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Then his wife said to him, “Do you still hold fast to your integrity? [a]Curse God and die!”

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  1. Job 2:9 Lit. Bless, but in an evil sense; cf. Job 1:5

21 And he said:

(A)“Naked I came from my mother’s womb,
And naked shall I return there.
The Lord (B)gave, and the Lord has (C)taken away;
(D)Blessed be the name of the Lord.”

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12 And the Lord said to Satan, “Behold, all that he has is in your [a]power; only do not lay a hand on his person.

So Satan went out from the presence of the Lord.

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  1. Job 1:12 Lit. hand

11 So Abimelech charged all his people, saying, “He who (A)touches this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.”

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