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

3The Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job? For there is no one like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man fearing God and turning away from evil. And he still holds firm to his integrity, although you incited Me against him to ruin him without cause.” 4Satan answered the Lord and said, “Skin for skin! Yes, all that a man has, he will give for his life. However, reach out with Your hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh; he will curse You to Your face!” 6So the Lord said to Satan, “Behold, he is in your power, only spare his life.” 7Then Satan went out from the presence of the Lord and struck Job with severe boils from the sole of his foot to the top 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

• Howeverאוּלָם'ûlâm · butH199
• reachשָׁלַחshâlach · to send: departH7971
• with Your handיָדyâd · handH3027
• nowנָאnâ' · pleaseH4994
• touchנָגַעnâga‛ · to touchH5060
• his boneעֶ֫צֶם‛etsem · boneH6106
• and his fleshבָּשָׂרbâώâr · fleshH1320
• he will curseבָּרַךְbârak · to blessH1288
• You to Your faceפָּנֶהpânîym · faceH6440

Cross-references for Job 2:5

• Job 1:11But reach out with Your hand now and touch all that he has; he will certainly curse You to Your face.”
• Job 19:20My bone clings to my skin and my flesh, And I have escaped only by the skin of my teeth.
• 1 Chronicles 21:17And David said to God, “Is it not I who commanded to count the people? Indeed, I am the one who has sinned and acted very wickedly, but these sheep, what have they done? Lord, my God, just let Your hand be against me and my father’s household, and not against Your people as a plague.”
• Psalms 32:3When I kept silent about my sin, my body wasted away Through my groaning all day long.
• Psalms 38:2For Your arrows have sunk deep into me, And Your hand has pressed down on me.
• Psalms 39:10Remove Your plague from me; Because of the opposition of Your hand I am perishing.
• Job 2:9Then his wife said to him, “Do you still hold firm your integrity? Curse God and die!”
• 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.
• Leviticus 24:15You shall also speak to the sons of Israel, saying, ‘If anyone curses his God, then he will bear the responsibility for his sin.
• 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.

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