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 reach out and take away his health, and he will surely curse you to your face!” 6“All right, do with him as you please,” the Lord said to Satan. “But spare his life.” So Satan left the Lord’s presence, and he struck Job with terrible boils from head to foot. 8Job scraped his skin with a piece of broken pottery as he sat among the ashes. 9His wife said to him, “Are you still trying to maintain 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 22:22“‘How will you do this?’ the Lord asked. “And the spirit replied, ‘I will go out and inspire all of Ahab’s prophets to speak lies.’ “‘You will succeed,’ said the Lord. ‘Go ahead and do it.’
• Job 30:17At night my bones are filled with pain, which gnaws at me relentlessly.
• Exodus 9:9The ashes will spread like fine dust over the whole land of Egypt, causing festering boils to break out on people and animals throughout the land.”
• Deuteronomy 28:27“The Lord will afflict you with the boils of Egypt and with tumors, scurvy, and the itch, from which you cannot be cured.
• Revelation 16:11and they cursed the God of heaven for their pains and sores. But they did not repent of their evil deeds and turn to God.
• Isaiah 1:6You are battered from head to foot— covered with bruises, welts, and infected wounds— without any soothing ointments or bandages.
• Isaiah 3:17So the Lord will send scabs on her head; the Lord will make beautiful Zion 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