Job 2:7

Job 2:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)So went Satan forth from the presence of the Lord, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.
• New International Version (NIV)So Satan went out from the presence of the Lord and afflicted Job with painful sores from the soles of his feet to the crown of his head.
• English Standard Version (ESV)So 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.
• New King James Version (NKJV)So Satan went out from the presence of the Lord, and struck Job with painful boils from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head.

Context of Job 2:7

5But extend your hand and strike his bone and his flesh, and he will no doubt curse you to your face!” 6So the Lord said to Satan, “All right, he is in your power; only preserve his life.” So Satan went out from the presence of the Lord, and he afflicted Job with a malignant ulcer from the sole of his feet to the top of his head. 8Job took a shard of broken pottery to scrape himself with while he was sitting among the ashes. 9Then his wife said to him, “Are you still holding firmly to your integrity? Curse God, and die!”

Job 2:7 word by word

וַיֵּצֵא֙ הַשָּׂטָ֔ן מֵאֵ֖ת פְּנֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה וַיַּ֤ךְ אֶת־אִיּוֹב֙ בִּשְׁחִ֣ין רָ֔ע מִכַּ֥ף רַגְל֖וֹ וְעַ֥ד קָדְקֳדֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• So wentיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: comeH3318
• Satanשָׂטָןώâţân · SatanH7854
• from the presenceפָּנֶהpânîym · faceH6440
• of the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• and smoteנָכָהnâkâh · to smiteH5221
• Jobאִיּוֹב'îyôb · JobH347
• with soreרַעra‛ râ‛âh · bad: harmfulH7451
• boilsשְׁחִיןshechîyn · boilH7822
• from the soleכַּףkaph · palm: soleH3709
• of his footרֶ֫גֶלregel · footH7272
• unto his crownקׇדְקֹדqodqôd · crownH6936

Cross-references for Job 2:7

• 1 Kings 22:22He replied, ‘I will go out and be a lying spirit in the mouths of all his prophets.’ The Lord said, ‘Deceive and overpower him. Go out and do as you have proposed.’
• Job 30:17Night pierces my bones; my gnawing pains never cease.
• Exodus 9:9It will become fine dust over the whole land of Egypt and will cause boils to break out and fester on both people and animals in all the land of Egypt.”
• Deuteronomy 28:27The Lord will afflict you with the boils of Egypt and with tumors, eczema, and scabies, all of which cannot be healed.
• Revelation 16:11They blasphemed the God of heaven because of their sufferings and because of their sores, but nevertheless they still refused to repent of their deeds.
• Isaiah 1:6From the soles of your feet to your head, there is no spot that is unharmed. There are only bruises, cuts, and open wounds. They have not been cleansed or bandaged, nor have they been treated with olive oil.
• Isaiah 3:17So the sovereign master will afflict the foreheads of Zion’s women with skin diseases, the Lord will make the front of their heads bald.”

Commentaries on Job 2:7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7Sore boils - רע בשחין bischin ra, "with an evil inflammation." What this diabolical disorder was, interpreters are not agreed. Some think it was the leprosy, and this is the reason why he dwelt by himself, and had his habitation in an unclean place, without the city, (Septuagint, ), or in the open air: and the reason why his friends beheld him afar off, Job 2:12, was because they knew that the disorder was infectious. His scraping himself with a potsherd…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7So went Satan forth - Job 1:12. And smote Job with sore boils - The English word boil denotes the well-known turnout upon the flesh, accompanied with severe inflammation; a sore angry swelling. “Webster.” The Hebrew word, however, is in the singular number שׁחין shechı̂yn and should have been so rendered in our translation. Dr. Good renders it “a burning ulceration.” The Vulgate translates it, “ulcere pessimo.” The Septuagint, ̔́ ͂ helkei ponērō - “with…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-10Verses 7-10 The devil tempts his own children, and draws them to sin, and afterwards torments, when he has brought them to ruin; but this child of God he tormented with affliction, and then tempted to make a bad use of his affliction. He provoked Job to curse God. The disease was very grievous. If at any time we are tried with sore and grievous distempers, let us not think ourselves dealt with otherwise than as God sometimes deals with the best of his…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7This Hebrew term for terrible boils referred to any raised wounds that leak (Exodus 9:10; Leviticus 13:18–20; Deuteronomy 28:27, 35).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. sore boils--malignant boils; rather, as it is singular in the Hebrew, a "burning sore." Job was covered with one universal inflammation. The use of the potsherd [Job 2:8] agrees with this view. It was that form of leprosy called black (to distinguish it from the white), or elephantiasis, because the feet swell like those of the elephant. The Arabic judham (De 28:35), where "sore botch" is rather the black burning boil (Is 1:6).Read the comment

Topics related to Job 2:7

• Boil
• Job
• Satan
• Temptation

In the dictionaries

• Job
• Satan
• Satan, devil, evil one
• Comfort
• Lip
• Potsherd
• Receive
• Scrape
• Speak
• Boil (1)

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