American Standard Version
Job 2:5
5But put forth thy hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will renounce thee to thy face.
Job 2:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)But put forth thine hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face.
- New International Version (NIV)But now stretch out your hand and strike his flesh and bones, and he will surely curse you to your face.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)But stretch out your hand and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse you to your face."
- New King James Version (NKJV)But stretch out Your hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will surely curse You to Your face!”
Context of Job 2:5
3And Jehovah said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job? for there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and turneth away from evil: and he still holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroy him without cause. 4And Satan answered Jehovah, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life. But put forth thy hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will renounce thee to thy face. 6And Jehovah said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thy hand; only spare his life. 7So Satan went forth from the presence of Jehovah, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.
Read all of Job 2Job 2:5 word by word
אוּלָם֙ שְֽׁלַֽח־נָ֣א יָֽדְךָ֔ וְגַ֥ע אֶל־עַצְמ֖וֹ וְאֶל־בְּשָׂר֑וֹ אִם־לֹ֥א אֶל־פָּנֶ֖יךָ יְבָרֲכֶֽךָּ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Job 2:5
- Job 1:11But put forth thy hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will renounce thee to thy face.
- Job 19:20My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, And I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.
- 1 Chronicles 21:17And David said unto God, Is it not I that commanded the people to be numbered? even I it is that have sinned and done very wickedly; but these sheep, what have they done? let thy hand, I pray thee, O Jehovah my God, be against me, and against my father’s house; but not against thy people, that they should be plagued.
- Psalms 32:3When I kept silence, my bones wasted away Through my groaning all the day long.
- Psalms 38:2For thine arrows stick fast in me, And thy hand presseth me sore.
- Psalms 39:10Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thy hand.
- Job 2:9Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still hold fast thine integrity? renounce God, and die.
- Job 1:5And 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 renounced God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually.
- Leviticus 24:15And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Whosoever curseth his God shall bear his sin.
- Isaiah 8:21And they shall pass through it, sore distressed and hungry; and it shall come to pass that, when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and curse by their king and by their God, and turn their faces upward:
Commentaries on Job 2:5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5He will curse thee to thy face - Literally, If he will not bless thee to thy face or appearances. His piety to thee will be always regulated by thy bounty to him. See the note on Job 1:11.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5But put forth thine hand now - Satan felt that he had no power to afflict Job without permission. Malignant as he was, he knew that God only could subject the holy man to this trial - another proof that Satan is under the control of the Almighty, and acts only as he is “permitted” to act in tempting and trying the good. And touch his bone - See the note at Job 1:11. Afflict his body so as to endanger his life. The words “bone” and “flesh” denote the whole…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5strike his flesh and bones: People once believed bones were the source of health.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-81. a day--appointed for the angels giving an account of their ministry to God. The words "to present himself before the Lord" occur here, though not in Job 1:6, as Satan has now a special report to make as to Job.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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