Job 2:6–7
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2:6So the Lord said to Satan, “All right,16 he is17 in your power;18 only preserve19 his life.”
Job’s Integrity in Suffering
2:7So Satan went out from the presence of the Lord, and he afflicted20 Job with a malignant ulcer21 from the sole of his feet to the top of his head.22
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- 16 The particle הִנּוֹ (hinno) is literally, “here he is!” God presents Job to Satan, with the restriction on preserving Job’s life.
- 17 The has “I deliver him up to you.”
- 18 Heb “hand.”
- 19 The irony of the passage comes through with this choice of words. The verb שָׁמַר (shamar) means “to keep; to guard; to preserve.” The exceptive clause casts Satan in the role of a savior—he cannot destroy this life but must protect it.
- 20 The verb is נָכָה (nakhah, “struck, smote”); it can be rendered in this context as “afflicted.”
- 21 The general consensus is that Job was afflicted with a leprosy known as elephantiasis, named because the rough skin and the swollen limbs are animal-like. The Hebrew word שְׁחִין (shékhin, “boil”) can indicate an ulcer as well. Leprosy begins with such, but so do other diseases. Leprosy normally begins in the limbs and spreads, but Job was afflicted everywhere at once. It may be some other disease also characterized by such a malignant ulcer. D. J. A. Clines has a thorough bibliography on all the possible diseases linked to this description (Job [], ). See also שְׁחִין.
- 22 Heb “crown.”
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
And the Lord said to Satan, “Behold, he is in your hand; only spare his life.”
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.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
The Lord said to Satan, “Very well, then, he is in your hands; but you must spare his life.”
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.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
“Very well,” the Lord told Satan, “he is in your power; only spare his life.” So Satan left the Lord’s presence and infected Job with terrible boils from the soles of his feet to the top of his head.
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NLTNew Living Translation
“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.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
So Yahweh said to Satan, “All right, he is in your power. Only spare his life.”
So Satan went out from Yahweh’s presence, and he inflicted Job with loathsome skin sores from the sole of his foot up to the crown of his head.
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KJV 1900King James Version
And the Lord said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thine hand; but save his life. 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.
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