Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version But now stretch out your hand and strike his flesh and bones, and he will surely curse you to your face.” New Living Translation But reach out and take away his health, and he will surely curse you to your face!” English Standard Version But stretch out your hand and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse you to your face.” Berean Standard Bible But stretch out Your hand and strike his flesh and bones, and he will surely curse You to Your face.” King James Bible But put forth thine hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face. New King James Version But stretch out Your hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will surely curse You to Your face!” New American Standard Bible However, reach out with Your hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh; he will curse You to Your face!” NASB 1995 “However, put forth Your hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh; he will curse You to Your face.” NASB 1977 “However, put forth Thy hand, now, and touch his bone and his flesh; he will curse Thee to Thy face.” Legacy Standard Bible However, send forth Your hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh; he will curse You in Your face.” Amplified Bible But put forth Your hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh [and severely afflict him]; and he will curse You to Your face.” Christian Standard Bible But stretch out your hand and strike his flesh and bones, and he will surely curse you to your face.” Holman Christian Standard Bible But stretch out Your hand and strike his flesh and bones, and he will surely curse You to Your face.” American Standard Version But put forth thy hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will renounce thee to thy face. Contemporary English Version Try striking Job's own body with pain, and he will curse you to your face." English Revised Version But put forth thine hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will renounce thee to thy face. GOD'S WORD® Translation But stretch out your hand, and strike his flesh and bones. I bet he'll curse you to your face." Good News Translation But now suppose you hurt his body--he will curse you to your face!" International Standard Version However, stretch out your hand and strike his bones and flesh, and he'll curse you to your face, won't he?" Majority Standard Bible But stretch out Your hand and strike his flesh and bones, and he will surely curse You to Your face.? NET Bible But extend your hand and strike his bone and his flesh, and he will no doubt curse you to your face!" New Heart English Bible But put forth your hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse you to your face." Webster's Bible Translation But put forth thy hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face. World English Bible But stretch out your hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will renounce you to your face.” Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionYet, put forth Your hand now, and strike to his bone and to his flesh—if not, he blesses You to Your face!” Young's Literal Translation Yet, put forth, I pray Thee, Thy hand, and strike unto his bone and unto his flesh -- if not: unto Thy face he doth bless Thee!' Smith's Literal Translation But send forth now thy hand and touch upon his bone and upon his flesh, if he will not bless thee to thy face. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims Biblegut put forth thy hand, and touch his bone and his flesh, and then thou shalt gee that he will bless thee to thy face. Catholic Public Domain Version Yet send your hand and touch his bone and his flesh, and then you will see whether or not he blesses you to your face.” New American Bible But put forth your hand and touch his bone and his flesh. Then surely he will curse you to your face.” New Revised Standard Version But stretch out your hand now and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse you to your face.” Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleBut put forth thy hand now, and touch his flesh or his bone, and he will curse thee to thy face. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated But reach your hand and touch his flesh or his bone, and he will curse you to your face!” OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917But put forth Thy hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, surely he will blaspheme Thee to Thy face.' Brenton Septuagint Translation Nay, but put forth thine hand, and touch his bones and his flesh: verily he will bless thee to thy face. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Job Loses His Health…4“Skin for skin!” Satan replied. “A man will give up all he owns in exchange for his life. 5But stretch out Your hand and strike his flesh and bones, and he will surely curse You to Your face.” 6“Very well,” said the LORD to Satan. “He is in your hands, but you must spare his life.”… Cross References James 1:12 Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love Him. 1 Peter 1:6-7 In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in various trials / so that the proven character of your faith—more precious than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ. 1 Corinthians 10:13 No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, He will also provide an escape, so that you can stand up under it. Hebrews 12:5-7 And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons: “My son, do not take lightly the discipline of the Lord, and do not lose heart when He rebukes you. / For the Lord disciplines the one He loves, and He chastises every son He receives.” / Endure suffering as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is not disciplined by his father? 2 Corinthians 12:7-10 or because of these surpassingly great revelations. So to keep me from becoming conceited, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me. / Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. / But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest on me. ... Matthew 4:1-11 Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. / After fasting forty days and forty nights, He was hungry. / The tempter came to Him and said, “If You are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.” ... Luke 22:31-32 Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift all of you like wheat. / But I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith will not fail. And when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.” Revelation 2:10 Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison to test you, and you will suffer tribulation for ten days. Be faithful even unto death, and I will give you the crown of life. Romans 5:3-5 Not only that, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; / perseverance, character; and character, hope. / And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out His love into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, whom He has given us. 1 Peter 4:12-13 Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial that has come upon you, as though something strange were happening to you. / But rejoice that you share in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed at the revelation of His glory. 2 Timothy 3:12 Indeed, all who desire to live godly lives in Christ Jesus will be persecuted, James 5:11 See how blessed we consider those who have persevered. You have heard of Job’s perseverance and have seen the outcome from the Lord. The Lord is full of compassion and mercy. Genesis 22:1-2 Some time later God tested Abraham and said to him, “Abraham!” “Here I am,” he answered. / “Take your son,” God said, “your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah. Offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains, which I will show you.” Deuteronomy 8:2-3 Remember that these forty years the LORD your God led you all the way in the wilderness, so that He might humble you and test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep His commandments. / He humbled you, and in your hunger He gave you manna to eat, which neither you nor your fathers had known, so that you might understand that man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD. Psalm 66:10-12 For You, O God, have tested us; You have refined us like silver. / You led us into the net; You laid burdens on our backs. / You let men ride over our heads; we went through fire and water, but You brought us into abundance. Treasury of Scripture But put forth your hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse you to your face. put forth. Job 1:11 But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face. Job 19:20,21 My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth… 1 Chronicles 21:17 And David said unto God, Is it not I that commanded the people to be numbered? even I it is that have sinned and done evil indeed; but as for these sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I pray thee, O LORD my God, be on me, and on my father's house; but not on thy people, that they should be plagued. He will curse. Job 2:9 Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? curse God, and die. Job 1:5,11 And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all: for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually… Leviticus 24:15 And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Whosoever curseth his God shall bear his sin. Jump to Previous Blaspheme Bless Bone Bones Curse Cursing Face Flesh Forth Hand However Renounce Stretch Strike Surely TouchJump to Next Blaspheme Bless Bone Bones Curse Cursing Face Flesh Forth Hand However Renounce Stretch Strike Surely TouchJob 2 1. Satan, appearing again before God, obtains further leave to tempt Job.7. He afflicts him with sore boils. 9. Job reproves his wife, who moved him to curse God. 11. His three friends console with him in silence. But stretch out Your hand This phrase is a direct challenge from Satan to God, suggesting divine intervention. The Hebrew word for "stretch out" is "שׁלח" (shalach), which implies an intentional and forceful action. In the context of the Old Testament, God's hand is often symbolic of His power and authority. Here, Satan is provocatively urging God to use His power against Job, testing the depth of Job's faith and integrity. This phrase sets the stage for a divine test, emphasizing the sovereignty of God in the trials of humanity. and strike his flesh and bones and he will surely curse You to Your face Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Butאוּלָם֙ (’ū·lām) Conjunction Strong's 199: However, on the contrary stretch out שְֽׁלַֽח־ (šə·laḥ-) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular Strong's 7971: To send away, for, out Your hand יָֽדְךָ֔ (yā·ḏə·ḵā) Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 3027: A hand and strike וְגַ֥ע (wə·ḡa‘) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular Strong's 5060: To touch, lay the hand upon, to reach, violently, to strike his flesh בְּשָׂר֑וֹ (bə·śā·rōw) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 1320: Flesh, body, person, the pudenda of a, man and bones, עַצְמ֖וֹ (‘aṣ·mōw) Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 6106: A bone, the body, the substance, selfsame and he will surely אִם־ (’im-) Conjunction Strong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not curse You יְבָרֲכֶֽךָּ׃ (yə·ḇā·ră·ḵe·kā) Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | second person masculine singular Strong's 1288: To kneel, to bless God, man, to curse to אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to Your face.” פָּנֶ֖יךָ (pā·ne·ḵā) Noun - common plural construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 6440: The face Links Job 2:5 NIVJob 2:5 NLT Job 2:5 ESV Job 2:5 NASB Job 2:5 KJV Job 2:5 BibleApps.com Job 2:5 Biblia Paralela Job 2:5 Chinese Bible Job 2:5 French Bible Job 2:5 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Job 2:5 But put forth your hand now (Jb) |
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