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Job 2:6
6Adonai said to the satan, “Very well, he is in your hand—only spare his life!”
Job 2:6 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And the Lord said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thine hand; but save his life.
- New International Version (NIV)The Lord said to Satan, “Very well, then, he is in your hands; but you must spare his life.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)And the Lord said to Satan, "Behold, he is in your hand; only spare his life."
- New King James Version (NKJV)And the Lord said to Satan, “Behold, he is in your hand, but spare his life.”
Context of Job 2:6
4The satan replied to Adonai saying, “Skin for skin! A man will give up all he has for his own life. 5But now, stretch out Your hand and strike his bone and his flesh, and he will certainly curse You to Your face!” Adonai said to the satan, “Very well, he is in your hand—only spare his life!” 7So the satan departed from the presence of Adonai, and afflicted Job with painful boils, from the sole of his foot to the top of his head. 8He took a piece of broken pottery to scrape himself while he was sitting among the ashes.
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וַיֹּ֧אמֶר יְהוָ֛ה אֶל־הַשָּׂטָ֖ן הִנּ֣וֹ בְיָדֶ֑ךָ אַ֖ךְ אֶת־נַפְשׁ֥וֹ שְׁמֹֽר׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 2:6
- Job 1:12Then Adonai said to the satan, “Everything he has is in your hand. Only do not extend your hand against him!” So the satan departed from the presence of Adonai.
- Job 38:10when I prescribed my boundary for it, and set bars and gates,
- Psalms 65:7who establishes mountains by His power, being girded with might,
- Luke 8:29For Yeshua commanded the defiling spirit to come out of the man. For many times it had seized him so that, even though he was restrained and bound with chains and shackles, he would break the chains and be driven by the demons into the desert.
- Luke 22:31“Simon, Simon! Indeed, satan has demanded to sift you all like wheat.
- 1 Corinthians 10:13No temptation has taken hold of you except what is common to mankind. But God is faithful—He will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you can handle. But with the temptation He will also provide a way of escape, so you will be able to endure it.
- Revelation 2:10Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, so that you may be tested, and you will have tribulation for ten days. Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life.
- Revelation 20:1Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, holding in his hand the key to the abyss and a great chain.
Commentaries on Job 2:6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6But save his life - His body thou shalt have permission to afflict, but against his life thou shalt have no power; therefore take care of his life. The original, שמר נפשו naphsho shemor, may be translated, keep his soul; but the word also signifies life; yet in the hands of the destroyer the life of this holy man is placed! How astonishing is the economy of salvation! It is so managed, by the unlimited power and skill of God, that the grand adversary of…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6Behold, he is in thine hand - He is at thy disposal; see Job 1:12, Margin. But save his life - Margin, “only.” This was to be the only limitation. It would seem that he had the power to make any selection of disease, and to afflict him in any manner, provided it did not terminate fatally. The keen sorrows which Job afterward endured showed the malignancy of the tempter; evinced his ingenuity in inflicting pain, and his knowledge of what thc human frame…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6spare (literally guard or watch over): Ironically, God made Satan responsible for guarding Job’s life (compare 10:13–14; 13:27; 33:11).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. but save--rather, "only spare his life." Satan shows his ingenuity in inflicting pain, and also his knowledge of what man's body can bear without vital injury.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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