King James Version
Job 2:5
5But put forth thine hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face.
Job 2:5 in other versions
- 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!”
- New Living Translation (NLT)But reach out and take away his health, and he will surely curse you to your face!”
Context of Job 2:5
3And the Lord said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? and still he holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroy him without cause. 4And Satan answered the Lord, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life. But put forth thine hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face. 6And the Lord said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thine hand; but save his life. 7So went Satan forth from the presence of the Lord, 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 thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse 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 evil indeed; but as for these sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I pray thee, O Lord my God, be on me, and on my father’s house; but not on thy people, that they should be plagued.
- Psalms 32:3When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring 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 thine hand.
- Job 2:9Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? curse 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 cursed 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, hardly bestead and hungry: and it shall come to pass, that when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and curse their king and their God, and look 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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