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Job 2:5-7
Lexham English Bible
Job 2:5-7
Lexham English Bible
5 But stretch out[a] your hand and touch his bones and his flesh, and see whether[b] he will curse[c] you to your face.”[d]
6 So[e] Yahweh said to Satan,[f] “All right,[g] he is in your power.[h] Only spare his life.”
Job’s Blameless Behavior
7 So[i] Satan[j] went out from Yahweh’s presence,[k] and he inflicted Job with loathsome skin sores from the sole of his foot up to the crown of his head.
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- Job 2:5 Or “please”
- Job 2:5 Literally “if not”
- Job 2:5 Literally “bless”—negative meaning by context
- Job 2:5 Hebrew “your faces”
- Job 2:6 Literally “And it happened the/one day”
- Job 2:6 Hebrew “the accuser,” or “the adversary”
- Job 2:6 Literally “Look”
- Job 2:6 Literally “hand”
- Job 2:7 Hebrew “And”
- Job 2:7 Hebrew “the accuser,” or “the adversary”
- Job 2:7 Literally “the faces of Yahweh”
Job 2:5-7
New International Version
Job 2:5-7
New International Version
5 But now stretch out your hand and strike his flesh and bones,(A) and he will surely curse you to your face.”(B)
6 The Lord said to Satan, “Very well, then, he is in your hands;(C) but you must spare his life.”(D)
7 So Satan went out from the presence of the Lord and afflicted Job with painful sores from the soles of his feet to the crown of his head.(E)
Job 2:5-7
King James Version
Job 2:5-7
King James Version
5 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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Job 2:5-7
New King James Version
Job 2:5-7
New King James Version
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!”
6 (C)And the Lord said to Satan, “Behold, he is in your hand, but spare his life.”
7 So Satan went out from the presence of the Lord, and struck Job with painful boils (D)from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head.
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Job 2:5-7
English Standard Version
Job 2:5-7
English Standard Version
5 But (A)stretch out your hand and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will (B)curse you to your face.” 6 And the Lord said to Satan, “Behold, he is in your hand; only spare his life.”
7 So Satan went out from the presence of the Lord and struck Job with loathsome (C)sores from (D)the sole of his foot to the crown of his head.
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