Job 1:11

Job 1:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face.
• New International Version (NIV)But now stretch out your hand and strike everything he has, and he will surely curse you to your face.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)But stretch out your hand and touch all that he has, and he will curse you to your face."
• New King James Version (NKJV)But now, stretch out Your hand and touch all that he has, and he will surely curse You to Your face!”

Context of Job 1:11

9And Satan answered Jehovah and said, Doth Job fear God for nought? 10Hast not thou made a hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? Thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is spread abroad in the land. But put forth thy hand now and touch all that he hath, [and see] if he will not curse thee to thy face! 12And Jehovah said to Satan, Behold, all that he hath is in thy hand; only upon himself put not forth thy hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of Jehovah. 13And there was a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in the house of their brother, the firstborn.

Job 1:11 word by word

וְאוּלָם֙ שְֽׁלַֽח־נָ֣א יָֽדְךָ֔ וְגַ֖ע בְּכָל־אֲשֶׁר־ל֑וֹ אִם־לֹ֥א עַל־פָּנֶ֖יךָ יְבָרֲכֶֽךָּ׃Read the interlinear

• forthשָׁלַחshâlach · to send: departH7971
• handיָדyâd · handH3027
• touchנָגַעnâga‛ · to touchH5060
• faceפָּנֶהpânîym · faceH6440

Cross-references for Job 1:11

• Job 1:12And Jehovah said to Satan, Behold, all that he hath is in thy hand; only upon himself put not forth thy hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of Jehovah.
• Job 2:5but put forth thy hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, [and see] if he will not curse thee to thy face!
• Isaiah 5:25Therefore is the anger of Jehovah kindled against his people, and he hath stretched out his hand against them and hath smitten them; and the mountains trembled, and their carcases are become as dung in the midst of the streets. For all this his anger is not turned away, and his hand is stretched out still.
• Job 4:5But now it is come upon thee, and thou grievest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.
• Job 19:21Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.
• Genesis 26:11And Abimelech charged all the people, saying, He that touches this man or his wife shall certainly be put to death.
• Psalms 105:15[Saying,] Touch not mine anointed ones, and do my prophets no harm.
• Zechariah 2:8For thus saith Jehovah of hosts: After the glory, hath he sent me unto the nations that made you a spoil; for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye.
• Job 1:5And it was so, when the days of the feasting were gone about, that Job sent and hallowed them; and he rose up early in the morning, and offered up burnt-offerings [according to] the number of them all; for Job said, It may be that my children have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually.
• Job 2:9And his wife said to him, Dost thou still remain firm in thine integrity? curse God and die.
• Isaiah 8:21And they shall pass through it, hard pressed and hungry; and it shall come to pass when they are hungry, they will fret themselves, and curse their king and their God, and will gaze upward:
• Malachi 3:13Your words have been stout against me, saith Jehovah; but ye say, What have we been speaking against thee?
• Revelation 16:9And the men were burnt with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, who had authority over these plagues, and did not repent to give him glory.

Commentaries on Job 1:11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11But put forth thine hand - Shoot the dart of poverty and affliction against him. And he will curse thee to thy face - יברכך פניך על לא אם im lo al paneycha yebarechecca, "If he will not bless thee to thy appearances." He will bless thee only in proportion to the temporal good thou bestowest upon him; to the providential and gracious appearances or displays of thy power in his behalf. If thou wilt be gracious, he will be pious. The exact maxim of a great…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11But put forth thine hand now - That is, for the purpose of injuring him, and taking away his property. And touch all that he hath - Dr. Good renders this, “and smite.” The Vulgate and the Septuagint, “touch.” The Hebrew word used here נגע nâga‛ means properly to “touch;” then to touch anyone with violence Genesis 26:11; Joshua 9:19, and then to smite, to injure, to strike; see Genesis 32:26,33; 1 Samuel 6:9; Job 19:21; compare the notes at Isaiah 53:4…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-12Verses 6-12 Job's afflictions began from the malice of Satan, by the Lord's permission, for wise and holy purposes. There is an evil spirit, the enemy of God, and of all righteousness, who is continually seeking to distress, to lead astray, and, if possible, to destroy those who love God. How far his influence may extend, we cannot say; but probably much unsteadiness and unhappiness in Christians may be ascribed to him. While we are on this earth we are…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11-12Stretch out … and strike all he has … Everything he has is in your hands: Satan was God's agent. The hand he used was both the Lord's and Satan's. They acted against everything Job owned and later against Job himself (2:5–6). Job later cursed the day of his birth, but he did not curse God (3:1, 8; 31:30). This was even true when his upset wife urged him to do so (2:9). God allowed Satan to test Job to show that Satan's negative view of Job was wrong (1…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. curse thee to thy face--in antithesis to God's praise of him (Job 1:8), "one that feareth God." Satan's words are too true of many. Take away their prosperity and you take away their religion (Mal 3:14).Read the comment

Topics related to Job 1:11

• Motive
• Satan
• Temptation

In the dictionaries

• Charge
• Consider
• Eschew
• Feast
• Naked
• Naught
• Present
• Satan
• Substance
• Upright

Commentaries on Job 1

• 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