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Job 2:6

And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thine hand; but save his life.

But save - rather, only spare. Satan shows his ingenuity in inflicting pain, and also his knowledge of what man's body can bear without vital injury.

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See also Job 2:6 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Job 2:6. _BUT 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, נפשו שמר _naphsh...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    BEHOLD, 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 selec...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 2:1-10 _ 1. Jehovah's second challenge and Satan's answer (Job 2:1)_ 2. Job stricken (Job 2:7) 3. Job's wife, Job's answer and victory (Job 2:9) Job 2

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    THE NARRATIVE OF THE SECOND CONVERSATION BETWEEN YAHWEH AND THE SATAN AND ITS ISSUES. Again the heavenly council comes together, and Yahweh reproaches the Satan with instigating Him to bring undeserve...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    SAVE HIS LIFE ullet. save his soul. Hebrew. _ Nephesh._ App-13....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    6. The second trialbodily suffering (Job 2:1-8) TEXT 2:1-8 2 Again it came to pass on the day when the sons of God came to present themselves before Jehovah, that Satan came also among them to presen...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE PROLOGUE (CONTINUED) Job's second trial. He refuses to renounce God when afflicted with an excruciating disease. Three friends come to comfort him....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    Satan wanted God to hurt Job. But God does not want people to be ill. And nobody will be ill in heaven (Revelation 21:4). So, God did not hurt Job. But God allowed Satan to test Job....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    JOB, A SERVANT OF GOD Job _KEITH SIMONS_ Words in boxes (except for words in brackets) are from the Bible. This commentary has been through Advanced Checking. CHAPTER 2 SATAN OPPOSES JOB AGAIN...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    BUT SAVE HIS LIFE. — God’s faithfulness cannot fail even if, as Satan hints, Job’s should do so (2 Timothy 2:13). There was one who cared for Job’s life more than he cared for it himself....

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יֹּ֧אמֶר יְהוָ֛ה אֶל ־הַ שָּׂטָ֖ן הִנֹּ֣ו

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    V. THE DILEMMA OF FAITH Job 2:1 As the drama proceeds to unfold the conflict between Divine grace in the human soul and those chaotic influences which hold the mind in doubt or drag it back into den...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    “AMONG THE ASHES” Job 2:1 It gives God deep pleasure when He can point to one of His servants who has borne fiery trial with unwavering patience and faith. The adversary comes back from his restless,...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    Again the solemn council met, and again Satan was present. The Most High uttered the same estimate of His servant as before, adding thereto a declaration of Job's victory in the conflict which had tak...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, he [is] in thine hand; but save (g) his life. (g) Thus Satan can go no further in punishing than God has limited him....

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Life. Afflict him with any species of illness; but do not kill him, (Calmet) nor inspire him directly with wicked thoughts. (Grotius)_...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (2) And the LORD said unto Satan, From whence comest thou? And Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it. (3) And the LORD said unto Sat...

  • John Brown Commentaries Selected Books of the Bible

    From Riches to Ashes I. INTRODUCTION A. In our last study of the first Chapter of Job, we saw heavenly beings gathered to give an account to the Lord - and satan was amongst them! 1. satan accused...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 1 AND 2. In Job we have man put to the test; we might say, with our present knowledge, man renewed by grace, an upright man and righteous in his ways, in ord...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND THE LORD SAID UNTO SATAN, BEHOLD, HE [IS] IN THINE HAND,.... Well may a behold be prefixed to this, it being matter of wonder and astonishment that a saint and servant of God should be permitted t...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, he [is] in thine hand; but save his life. Ver. 6. _And the Lord said unto Satan_] Who hath his request: it is not always a mercy to have what we wish. _Deus saep...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _The Lord said, Behold, he is in thy hand_ I give thee permission to try him even in this way: do thy worst at him; afflict him to the uttermost of thy power. _But save his life_ Do not attempt to tak...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And the Lord, willing to permit even this test of Job's integrity, of the sincerity of his righteousness and piety, SAID UNTO SATAN, BEHOLD, HE IS IN THINE HAND, namely, to afflict with severe disease...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    JOB STRICKEN WITH A SEVERE DISEASE...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    SATAN INFLICTS BODILY SUFFERING ON HIM (vv.1-10), Another day comes when Satan presents himself to God among the sons of God, and his response to God's first question was the same as in Chapter 1. T...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    BUT SAVE: Or, only...

  • Mark Dunagan Commentaries

    "SO THE LORD SAID TO SATAN, 'BEHOLD, HE IS IN YOUR POWER, ONLY SPARE HIS LIFE'": Once again we see that Satan does not have unlimited power. Notice that God is not the actual agent that brings sufferi...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    Do not attempt to take away his life, which I will not suffer thee to do....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Job 2:6 LORD H3068 said H559 (H8799) Satan H7854 hand H3027 spare H8104 (H8798) life H5315 Behold -...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Job 2:6 The book of Job is not a poem for the solitary Jew, but a message for man as man all the world over and through all the ages of time. I. This is palpable and unquestionable as soon as the spe...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Job in Satan's seive. Family, property and health gone. His three friends. CHARACTERS: God, Job, Satan, Eliphaz, Bildad, Zophar. CONCLUSION: One of the greatest evidences of God's love to t...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Job 2:1. _There was a day when the sons of God &c._ As on the former chapter, Job 2:6. Job 2:4. _Skin for skin._ Septuagint, “skin after skin.” Men's riches in the first periods of society very much c...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Behold, he is in thine hand._ SATAN MALEVOLENTLY DEALING WITH JOB’S PERSONALITY I. Satan’s low estimate of human nature. His language here clearly implies that even a good man’s love of goodness is...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _And Satan came also among them._ SPIRITUAL AGENCIES, GOOD AND EVIL, IN SICKNESS This is one of those mysterious Chapter s of Holy Scripture wherein God hath graciously vouchsafed, for the strengthen...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    JOB—NOTE ON JOB 2:1 Job’s second test is like the first (Job 1:6), but includes an attack on his health. ⇐...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    JOB—NOTE ON JOB 2:6 ONLY SPARE HIS LIFE. For Job’s faith to be truly tested, his life must be spared; he must be denied the mercy of death (compare Job 3:20)....

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    NOTES Job 2:4. “_Skin for skin; yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life_.” The expression “skin for skin” acknowledged to be a proverbial one. Its precise meaning not so obvious, though its...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION JOB 2:1 This chapter concludes the "Introductory section." It consists of three parts. Job 2:1 contain an account of Satan's second appearance in the courts of heaven, and of a second coll...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    So back again to the heavenly scene. Another day and again the sons of God are presenting themselves before Jehovah, and Satan is coming with them to present himself before the LORD (Job 2:1). I hav...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Corinthians 10:13; Job 1:12; Job 38:10; Job 38:11; Luke 22:31;...

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    HEAVEN'S CONTROVERSY CONCERNING JOB Job 2:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. God's everlasting eye watches over His children. When Satan made his second entrance into the presence of God, he discovered that t...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    In thine hand — If God did not chain up the roaring lion, how soon would he devour us! As far as he permits the wrath of Satan and wicked men, to proceed against his people, he will make it turn to hi...

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