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

9Then Satan answered the Lord, “Does Job fear God for nothing? 10Have You not made a fence around him and his house and all that he has, on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land. But reach out with Your hand now and touch all that he has; he will certainly curse You to Your face.” 12Then the Lord said to Satan, “Behold, all that he has is in your power; only do not reach out and put your hand on him.” So Satan departed from the presence of the Lord. 13Now on the day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house,

Job 1:11 word by word

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

• But reachשָׁלַחshâlach · to send: departH7971
• with Your handיָדyâd · handH3027
• nowנָאnâ' · pleaseH4994
• touchנָגַעnâga‛ · to touchH5060
• allכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• that he has; he will certainlyאִם'im · if: surely yesH518
• that he has; he will certainlyלֹאlô' lô' lôh · notH3808
• curseבָּרַךְbârak · to blessH1288
• You to Your faceפָּנֶהpânîym · faceH6440

Cross-references for Job 1:11

• Job 1:12Then the Lord said to Satan, “Behold, all that he has is in your power; only do not reach out and put your hand on him.” So Satan departed from the presence of the Lord.
• Job 2:5However, reach out with Your hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh; he will curse You to Your face!”
• Isaiah 5:25For this reason the anger of the Lord has burned against His people, And He has stretched out His hand against them and struck them. And the mountains quaked, and their corpses lay like refuse in the middle of the streets. Despite all this, His anger is not spent, But His hand is still stretched out.
• Job 4:5But now it comes to you, and you are impatient; It touches you, and you are horrified.
• Job 19:21Pity me, pity me, you friends of mine, For the hand of God has struck me.
• Genesis 26:11So Abimelech commanded all the people, saying, “He who touches this man or his wife will certainly be put to death.”
• Psalms 105:15“Do not touch My anointed ones, And do not harm My prophets.”
• Zechariah 2:8For the Lord of armies says this: “After glory He has sent me against the nations that plunder you, for the one who touches you, touches the apple of His eye.
• Job 1:5When the days of feasting had completed their cycle, Job would send word to them and consecrate them, getting up early in the morning and offering burnt offerings according to the number of them all; for Job said, “Perhaps my sons have sinned and cursed God in their hearts.” Job did so continually.
• Job 2:9Then his wife said to him, “Do you still hold firm your integrity? Curse God and die!”
• Isaiah 8:21They will pass through the land dejected and hungry, and it will turn out that when they are hungry, they will become enraged and curse their king and their God as they face upward.
• Malachi 3:13“Your words have been arrogant against Me,” says the Lord. “Yet you say, ‘What have we spoken against You?’
• Revelation 16:9And the people were scorched with fierce heat; and they blasphemed the name of God who has the power over these plagues, and they did not repent so as 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