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but you must spare his life.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/job/2.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />“All right, do with him as you please,” the LORD said to Satan. “But spare his life.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/job/2.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />And the LORD said to Satan, “Behold, he is in your hand; only spare his life.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/job/2.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Very well,” said the LORD to Satan. “He is in your hands, but you must spare his life.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/job/2.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, he <i>is</i> in thine hand; but save his life.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/job/2.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />And the LORD said to Satan, “Behold, he <i>is</i> in your hand, but spare his life.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/job/2.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />So the LORD said to Satan, “Behold, he is in your power, only spare his life.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/job/2.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />So the LORD said to Satan, &#8220Behold, he is in your power, only spare his life.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/job/2.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />So the LORD said to Satan, “Behold, he is in your power, only spare his life.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/job/2.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />So Yahweh said to Satan, “Behold, he is in your hand, only spare his life.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/job/2.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />So the LORD said to Satan, “Behold, he is in your hand, only spare his life.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/job/2.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Very well,” the LORD told Satan, “he is in your power; only spare his life.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/job/2.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />&#8220Very well,&#8221 the LORD told Satan, &#8220he is in your power; only spare his life.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/job/2.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And Jehovah said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thy hand; only spare his life.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/job/2.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />"All right!" the LORD replied. "Make Job suffer as much as you want, but just don't kill him." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/job/2.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thine hand; only spare his life.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/job/2.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />The LORD told Satan, "He is in your power, but you must spare his life!"<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/job/2.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />So the LORD said to Satan, "All right, he is in your power, but you are not to kill him." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/job/2.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Then the LORD told Satan, "Very well then, he is under your control. Just preserve his life." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/job/2.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />?Very well,? said the LORD to Satan. ?He is in your hands, but you must spare his life.?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/job/2.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />So the LORD said to Satan, "All right, he is in your power; only preserve his life." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/job/2.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />The LORD said to Satan, "Look, he is in your power. Only preserve his life."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/job/2.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And the LORD said to Satan, Behold, he is in thy hand; but save his life.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/job/2.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Yahweh said to Satan, “Behold, he is in your hand. Only spare his life.” <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/job/2.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And YHWH says to Satan, “Behold, he [is] in your hand; only take care of his life.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/job/2.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And Jehovah saith unto the Adversary, 'Lo, he is in thy hand; only his life take care of.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/job/2.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And Jehovah will say to the adversary, Behold him in thy hand, but watch his soul.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/job/2.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And the Lord said to Satan: Behold be is in thy hand, but yet save his life. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/job/2.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Therefore, the Lord said to Satan, “Behold, he is in your hand, but even so, spare his life.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/job/2.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />And the LORD said to the satan, “He is in your power; only spare his life.” <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/job/2.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />The LORD said to Satan, “Very well, he is in your power; only spare his life.”<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/job/2.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And the LORD said to Satan, Behold, he is delivered into your hands; only spare his life.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/job/2.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And LORD JEHOVAH said to Satan: “Now he is handed over into your hands, only save his life!” <div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/job/2.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And the LORD said unto Satan: 'Behold, he is in thy hand; only spare his life.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/job/2.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And the Lord said to the devil, Behold, I deliver him up to thee; only save his life.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/job/2-6.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XAwuD5NuZq0?start=283" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/job/2.htm">Job Loses His Health</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">5</span>But stretch out Your hand and strike his flesh and bones, and he will surely curse You to Your face.” <span class="reftext">6</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/2005.htm" title="2005: hin·nōw (Interjection:: 3ms) -- Lo! behold! A primitive particle; lo!; also if.">“Very well,”</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: way·yō·mer (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">said</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/7854.htm" title="7854: haś·śā·ṭān (Art:: N-ms) -- From satan; an opponent; especially Satan, the arch-enemy of good.">to Satan.</a> <a href="/hebrew/3027.htm" title="3027: ḇə·yā·ḏe·ḵā (Prep-b:: N-fsc:: 2ms) -- Hand (indicating power, means, direction, etc.)">“He is in your hands,</a> <a href="/hebrew/389.htm" title="389: ’aḵ (Adv) -- Surely, howbeit. Akin to 'aken; a particle of affirmation, surely; hence only.">but</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/8104.htm" title="8104: šə·mōr (V-Qal-Imp-ms) -- To keep, watch, preserve. A primitive root; properly, to hedge about, i.e. Guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.">you must spare</a> <a href="/hebrew/5315.htm" title="5315: nap̄·šōw (N-fsc:: 3ms) -- From naphash; properly, a breathing creature, i.e. Animal of vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense.">his life.”</a> </span><span class="reftext">7</span>So Satan went out from the presence of the LORD and infected Job with terrible boils from the soles of his feet to the crown of his head.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/1-12.htm">Job 1:12</a></span><br />“Very well,” said the LORD to Satan. “Everything he has is in your hands, but you must not lay a hand on the man himself.” Then Satan went out from the presence of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/10-13.htm">1 Corinthians 10:13</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/22-31.htm">Luke 22:31-32</a></span><br />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.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/5-8.htm">1 Peter 5:8-9</a></span><br />Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. / Resist him, standing firm in your faith and in the knowledge that your brothers throughout the world are undergoing the same kinds of suffering.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/5-11.htm">James 5:11</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/12-7.htm">2 Corinthians 12:7-9</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/2-10.htm">Revelation 2:10</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/4-1.htm">Matthew 4:1-11</a></span><br />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.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_john/5-18.htm">1 John 5:18</a></span><br />We know that anyone born of God does not keep on sinning; the One who was born of God protects him, and the evil one cannot touch him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zechariah/3-1.htm">Zechariah 3:1-2</a></span><br />Then the angel showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, with Satan standing at his right hand to accuse him. / And the LORD said to Satan: “The LORD rebukes you, Satan! Indeed, the LORD, who has chosen Jerusalem, rebukes you! Is not this man a firebrand snatched from the fire?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/22-12.htm">Genesis 22:12</a></span><br />“Do not lay a hand on the boy or do anything to him,” said the angel, “for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your only son from me.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/22-22.htm">1 Kings 22:22-23</a></span><br />And he replied, ‘I will go out and be a lying spirit in the mouths of all his prophets.’ ‘You will surely entice him and prevail,’ said the LORD. ‘Go and do it.’ / So you see, the LORD has put a lying spirit in the mouths of all these prophets of yours, and the LORD has pronounced disaster against you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/45-7.htm">Isaiah 45:7</a></span><br />I form the light and create the darkness; I bring prosperity and create calamity. I, the LORD, do all these things.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/3-37.htm">Lamentations 3:37-38</a></span><br />Who has spoken and it came to pass, unless the Lord has ordained it? / Do not both adversity and good come from the mouth of the Most High?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/3-6.htm">Amos 3:6</a></span><br />If a ram’s horn sounds in a city, do the people not tremble? If calamity comes to a city, has not the LORD caused it?</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And the LORD said to Satan, Behold, he is in your hand; but save his life.</p><p class="hdg">Behold.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/1-12.htm">Job 1:12</a></b></br> And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, all that he hath <i>is</i> in thy power; only upon himself put not forth thine hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of the LORD.</p><p class="hdg">but.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/38-10.htm">Job 38:10,11</a></b></br> And brake up for it my decreed <i>place</i>, and set bars and doors, … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/65-7.htm">Psalm 65:7</a></b></br> Which stilleth the noise of the seas, the noise of their waves, and the tumult of the people.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/luke/8-29.htm">Luke 8:29-33</a></b></br> (For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For oftentimes it had caught him: and he was kept bound with chains and in fetters; and he brake the bands, and was driven of the devil into the wilderness.) … </p><p class="hdg">his life.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/job/2-4.htm">Adversary</a> <a href="/esther/2-20.htm">Care</a> <a href="/job/2-5.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/job/1-12.htm">Hands</a> <a href="/job/2-4.htm">Life</a> <a href="/job/1-12.htm">Power</a> <a href="/job/2-4.htm">Satan</a> <a href="/nehemiah/6-11.htm">Save</a> <a href="/esther/7-3.htm">Spare</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/job/2-7.htm">Adversary</a> <a href="/job/3-4.htm">Care</a> <a href="/job/2-10.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/job/4-3.htm">Hands</a> <a href="/job/4-6.htm">Life</a> <a href="/job/3-17.htm">Power</a> <a href="/job/2-7.htm">Satan</a> <a href="/job/20-20.htm">Save</a> <a href="/job/6-10.htm">Spare</a><div class="vheading2">Job 2</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/2-1.htm">Satan, appearing again before God, obtains further leave to tempt Job.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">7. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/2-7.htm">He afflicts him with sore boils.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/2-9.htm">Job reproves his wife, who moved him to curse God.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">11. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/2-11.htm">His three friends console with him in silence.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/2.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/job/2.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>“Very well,” said the LORD to Satan.</b><br>This phrase indicates God's sovereign permission in the spiritual realm. It reflects the divine council setting where God allows Satan to test Job. The phrase "Very well" shows God's control over the situation, emphasizing that nothing happens without His consent. This is consistent with the biblical theme of God's sovereignty seen in passages like <a href="/isaiah/45-7.htm">Isaiah 45:7</a>, where God declares His control over both prosperity and disaster.<p><b>“He is in your hands,</b><br>This phrase signifies a transfer of authority, where God permits Satan to afflict Job physically. It highlights the spiritual warfare theme present throughout the Bible, such as in <a href="/ephesians/6-12.htm">Ephesians 6:12</a>, where believers are reminded of the struggle against spiritual forces. The phrase also underscores the testing of faith, a recurring biblical theme, as seen in <a href="/1_peter/1-6.htm">1 Peter 1:6-7</a>, where trials are said to refine faith.<p><b>but you must spare his life.”</b><br>Here, God sets a boundary for Satan, demonstrating His ultimate authority and control over life and death. This limitation ensures that Job's trial will not lead to his death, reflecting God's protective nature over His people. The concept of God setting limits on evil is echoed in <a href="/1_corinthians/10-13.htm">1 Corinthians 10:13</a>, where God promises not to let believers be tempted beyond what they can bear. This phrase also foreshadows the protection and preservation seen in the life of Jesus Christ, who, despite suffering, was ultimately victorious over death.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a></b><br>The sovereign God who permits Satan to test Job, demonstrating His ultimate authority and control over all creation.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/s/satan.htm">Satan</a></b><br>The adversary who challenges Job's integrity, seeking to prove that Job's faithfulness is contingent on his prosperity and well-being.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/j/job.htm">Job</a></b><br>A blameless and upright man, known for his deep faith and righteousness, who becomes the subject of a divine test of faith and endurance.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/h/heavenly_court.htm">Heavenly Court</a></b><br>The setting where God and Satan engage in dialogue, highlighting the spiritual realm's influence on earthly events.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/j/job's_suffering.htm">Job's Suffering</a></b><br>The event where Job is afflicted with severe physical ailments, marking the beginning of his intense personal trial.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_and_control.htm">God's Sovereignty and Control</a></b><br>God permits trials but sets boundaries, demonstrating His ultimate authority over all circumstances.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_nature_of_spiritual_warfare.htm">The Nature of Spiritual Warfare</a></b><br>Believers must recognize the reality of spiritual battles and the adversary's role in testing faith.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/e/endurance_in_trials.htm">Endurance in Trials</a></b><br>Job's account encourages believers to remain steadfast in faith, trusting in God's purpose and timing.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_limits_of_satan's_power.htm">The Limits of Satan's Power</a></b><br>Satan's power is limited by God's command, reassuring believers of God's protective oversight.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/faith_beyond_circumstances.htm">Faith Beyond Circumstances</a></b><br>True faith is not dependent on material blessings but is rooted in a deep relationship with God.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_job_2.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Job 2</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_satan_need_god's_permission.htm">Must Satan obtain God's permission to attack us?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_defines_a_hedge_of_protection.htm">What defines a hedge of protection?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_did_god_permit_satan_to_test_job.htm">Why did God permit Satan to test Job?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/are_disorders_linked_to_demon_possession.htm">How are psychological disorders linked to demon possession?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/job/2.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(6) <span class= "bld">But save his life.</span>--God's faithfulness cannot fail even if, as Satan hints, Job's should do so (<a href="/2_timothy/2-13.htm" title="If we believe not, yet he stays faithful: he cannot deny himself.">2Timothy 2:13</a>). There was one who cared for Job's life more than he cared for it himself.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/job/2.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 6.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">And the Lord said unto Satan, Behold he is in thine hand</span>; <span class="accented">i.e.</span> "he is in thy power, to do with him as thou pleasest" - except in one respect. Again it is strongly marked that Satan's power is under God's control, and extends only so far as God shows. <span class="cmt_word">But save his life</span>; rather, <span class="accented">only spare his life</span> (Revised Version). The didactic purposes for which God was allowing his faithful servant to be tried in the furnace of affliction would have been frustrated by Job's removal from the earth. Individually he might equally well have been compensated in another world; but then the lesson of his example to living men, and the lesson of his story to all future generations of mankind, would have been lost. Besides, God but rarely, in the old world, gave a faithful servant, still in the full vigour of life (<a href="/job/42-16.htm">Job 42:16, 17</a>), "over unto death" (<a href="/psalms/118-18.htm">Psalm 118:18</a>). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/job/2-6.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">“Very well,”</span><br /><span class="heb">הִנּ֣וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(hin·nōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Interjection | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2005.htm">Strong's 2005: </a> </span><span class="str2">Lo! behold!</span><br /><br /><span class="word">said</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיֹּ֧אמֶר</span> <span class="translit">(way·yō·mer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> </span><span class="str2">To utter, say</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָ֛ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3069.htm">Strong's 3069: </a> </span><span class="str2">YHWH</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to Satan.</span><br /><span class="heb">הַשָּׂטָ֖ן</span> <span class="translit">(haś·śā·ṭān)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7854.htm">Strong's 7854: </a> </span><span class="str2">An opponent -- Satan, the arch-enemy of good</span><br /><br /><span class="word">“He is in your hands,</span><br /><span class="heb">בְיָדֶ֑ךָ</span> <span class="translit">(ḇə·yā·ḏe·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3027.htm">Strong's 3027: </a> </span><span class="str2">A hand</span><br /><br /><span class="word">but</span><br /><span class="heb">אַ֖ךְ</span> <span class="translit">(’aḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_389.htm">Strong's 389: </a> </span><span class="str2">A particle of affirmation, surely</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you must spare</span><br /><span class="heb">שְׁמֹֽר׃</span> <span class="translit">(šə·mōr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8104.htm">Strong's 8104: </a> </span><span class="str2">To hedge about, guard, to protect, attend to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">his life.”</span><br /><span class="heb">נַפְשׁ֥וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(nap̄·šōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5315.htm">Strong's 5315: </a> </span><span class="str2">A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion </span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/job/2-6.htm">Job 2:6 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/job/2-6.htm">Job 2:6 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/job/2-6.htm">Job 2:6 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/job/2-6.htm">Job 2:6 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/job/2-6.htm">Job 2:6 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/job/2-6.htm">Job 2:6 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/job/2-6.htm">Job 2:6 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/job/2-6.htm">Job 2:6 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/job/2-6.htm">Job 2:6 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/job/2-6.htm">Job 2:6 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/job/2-6.htm">OT Poetry: Job 2:6 Yahweh said to Satan Behold he (Jb) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/job/2-5.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 2:5"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 2:5" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/job/2-7.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 2:7"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 2:7" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>