Job 2:5

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

3Then the LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job? For there is no one on earth like him, a man who is blameless and upright, who fears God and shuns evil. He still retains his integrity, even though you incited Me against him to ruin him without cause.” 4“Skin for skin!” Satan replied. “A man will give up all he owns in exchange for his life. But stretch out Your hand and strike his flesh and bones, and he will surely curse You to Your face.” 6“Very well,” said the LORD to Satan. “He is in your hands, but you must spare his life.” 7So 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.

Job 2:5 word by word

אוּלָם֙ שְֽׁלַֽח־נָ֣א יָֽדְךָ֔ וְגַ֥ע אֶל־עַצְמ֖וֹ וְאֶל־בְּשָׂר֑וֹ אִם־לֹ֥א אֶל־פָּנֶ֖יךָ יְבָרֲכֶֽךָּ׃Read the interlinear

• Butאוּלָם'ûlâm · butH199
• stretch outשָׁלַחshâlach · to send: reachH7971
• stretch outנָאnâ' · pleaseH4994
• Your handיָדyâd · handH3027
• and strikeנָגַעnâga‛ · to touchH5060
• ·אֶל'êl 'el · to(wards)H413
• his fleshבָּשָׂרbâώâr · fleshH1320
• and bonesעֶ֫צֶם‛etsem · boneH6106
• and he will surelyאִם'im · if: surely yesH518
• and he will surelyלֹאlô' lô' lôh · notH3808
• curse Youבָּרַךְbârak · to blessH1288
• Your faceפָּנֶהpânîym · faceH6440

Cross-references for Job 2:5

• Job 1:11But stretch out Your hand and strike all that he has, and he will surely curse You to Your face.”
• Job 19:20My skin and flesh cling to my bones; I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.
• 1 Chronicles 21:17And David said to God, “Was it not I who gave the order to count the people? I am the one who has sinned and acted wickedly. But these sheep, what have they done? O LORD my God, please let Your hand fall upon me and my father’s house, but do not let this plague remain upon Your people.”
• Psalms 32:3When I kept silent, my bones became brittle from my groaning all day long.
• Psalms 38:2For Your arrows have pierced me deeply, and Your hand has pressed down on me.
• Psalms 39:10Remove Your scourge from me; I am perishing by the force of Your hand.
• Job 2:9Then Job’s wife said to him, “Do you still retain your integrity? Curse God and die!”
• Job 1:5And when the days of feasting were over, Job would send for his children to purify them, rising early in the morning to offer burnt offerings for all of them. For Job thought, “Perhaps my children have sinned and cursed God in their hearts.” This was Job’s regular practice.
• Leviticus 24:15And you are to tell the Israelites, ‘If anyone curses his God, he shall bear the consequences of his sin.
• Isaiah 8:21They will roam the land, dejected and hungry. When they are famished, they will become enraged; and looking upward, they will curse their king and their God.

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

Topics related to Job 2:5

• Accusation, False
• Falsehood
• Motive
• Persecution
• Satan
• Temptation

In the dictionaries

• Comfort
• Lip
• Potsherd
• Receive
• Satan
• Scrape
• Speak
• Flesh
• Job, Book of
• Joshua (3)

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