New International Version
Job 2:5
5But now stretch out your hand and strike his flesh and bones, and he will surely curse you to your face.”
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.
- 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
3Then the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one on earth like him; he is blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil. And he still maintains his integrity, though you incited me against him to ruin him without any reason.” 4“Skin for skin!” Satan replied. “A man will give all he has for his own life. But now stretch out your hand and strike his flesh and bones, and he will surely curse you to your face.” 6The Lord said to Satan, “Very well, then, he is in your hands; but you must spare his life.” 7So 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.
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
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 2:5
- Job 1:11But now stretch out your hand and strike everything he has, and he will surely curse you to your face.”
- Job 19:20I am nothing but skin and bones; I have escaped only by the skin of my teeth.
- 1 Chronicles 21:17David said to God, “Was it not I who ordered the fighting men to be counted? I, the shepherd, have sinned and done wrong. These are but sheep. What have they done? Lord my God, let your hand fall on me and my family, but do not let this plague remain on your people.”
- Psalms 32:3When I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long.
- Psalms 38:2Your arrows have pierced me, and your hand has come down on me.
- Psalms 39:10Remove your scourge from me; I am overcome by the blow of your hand.
- Job 2:9His wife said to him, “Are you still maintaining your integrity? Curse God and die!”
- Job 1:5When a period of feasting had run its course, Job would make arrangements for them to be purified. Early in the morning he would sacrifice a burnt offering for each of them, thinking, “Perhaps my children have sinned and cursed God in their hearts.” This was Job’s regular custom.
- Leviticus 24:15Say to the Israelites: ‘Anyone who curses their God will be held responsible;
- Isaiah 8:21Distressed and hungry, they will roam through the land; when they are famished, they will become enraged and, looking upward, will curse their king and their God.
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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