English Standard Version
Job 2:6
6And the Lord said to Satan, "Behold, he is in your hand; only spare his life."
Job 2:6 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And the Lord said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thine hand; but save his life.
- New International Version (NIV)The Lord said to Satan, “Very well, then, he is in your hands; but you must spare his life.”
- New King James Version (NKJV)And the Lord said to Satan, “Behold, he is in your hand, but spare his life.”
- New Living Translation (NLT)“All right, do with him as you please,” the Lord said to Satan. “But spare his life.”
Context of Job 2:6
4Then Satan answered the Lord and said, "Skin for skin! All that a man has he will give for his life. 5But stretch out your hand and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse you to your face." And the Lord said to Satan, "Behold, he is in your hand; only spare his life." 7So Satan went out from the presence of the Lord and struck Job with loathsome sores from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head. 8And he took a piece of broken pottery with which to scrape himself while he sat in the ashes.
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וַיֹּ֧אמֶר יְהוָ֛ה אֶל־הַשָּׂטָ֖ן הִנּ֣וֹ בְיָדֶ֑ךָ אַ֖ךְ אֶת־נַפְשׁ֥וֹ שְׁמֹֽר׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 2:6
- Job 1:12And the Lord said to Satan, "Behold, all that he has is in your hand. Only against him do not stretch out your hand." So Satan went out from the presence of the Lord.
- Job 38:10and prescribed limits for it and set bars and doors,
- Psalms 65:7who stills the roaring of the seas, the roaring of their waves, the tumult of the peoples,
- Luke 8:29For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. (For many a time it had seized him. He was kept under guard and bound with chains and shackles, but he would break the bonds and be driven by the demon into the desert.)
- Luke 22:31"Simon, Simon, behold, Satan demanded to have you, that he might sift you like wheat,
- 1 Corinthians 10:13No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.
- Revelation 2:10Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested, and for ten days you will have tribulation. Be faithful unto death, and I will give you the crown of life.
- Revelation 20:1Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, holding in his hand the key to the bottomless pit and a great chain.
Commentaries on Job 2:6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6But save his life - His body thou shalt have permission to afflict, but against his life thou shalt have no power; therefore take care of his life. The original, שמר נפשו naphsho shemor, may be translated, keep his soul; but the word also signifies life; yet in the hands of the destroyer the life of this holy man is placed! How astonishing is the economy of salvation! It is so managed, by the unlimited power and skill of God, that the grand adversary of…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6Behold, he is in thine hand - He is at thy disposal; see Job 1:12, Margin. But save his life - Margin, “only.” This was to be the only limitation. It would seem that he had the power to make any selection of disease, and to afflict him in any manner, provided it did not terminate fatally. The keen sorrows which Job afterward endured showed the malignancy of the tempter; evinced his ingenuity in inflicting pain, and his knowledge of what thc human frame…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6spare (literally guard or watch over): Ironically, God made Satan responsible for guarding Job’s life (compare 10:13–14; 13:27; 33:11).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. but save--rather, "only spare his life." Satan shows his ingenuity in inflicting pain, and also his knowledge of what man's body can bear without vital injury.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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