Job 1:11

Translations

Modern

But stretch out Your hand and strike all that he has, and he will surely curse You to Your face.”

Traditional

But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face.

Literal

But now stretch out Your hand and touch against all that is unto him, if he will not curse you to your face!”

Latin

…sed extende paululum manum tuam et tange cuncta quæ possidet, nisi in faciem benedixerit tibi.

Original

Hebrew

English

But stretch out Your hand and strike all that he has, and he will surely curse You to Your face.”

Notes

Job 1:11–12

Stretch out … and strike all he has … Everything he has is in your hands: Satan was God's agent. The hand he used was both the Lord's and Satan's. They acted against everything Job owned and later against Job himself (2:5–6).
Job later cursed the day of his birth, but he did not curse God (3:1, 8; 31:30). This was even true when his upset wife urged him to do so (2:9).
God allowed Satan to test Job to show that Satan's negative view of Job was wrong (1 Corinthians 10:11; see James 1:13; compare Luke 22:31–32; John 19:11).

Job 1:9–11

Job has a good reason (Hebrew khinnam; see study note on 2:3) to fear God. The wisdom tradition connects being religious with prosperity. Satan suggested that Job's dedication to God depended on his wealth.

Job 1:1–2:13

God and Satan agree to test Job, which causes his troubles and confirms his integrity (1:20–21; 2:10). None of the book's characters ever learn of this council in heaven.

Theme notes and profiles

Satan Divine Sovereignty and Human Responsibility God or Satan? God Protects His Servant Jesus and Satan Job’s Innocence

Events

Job's Trial

Related verses

Job 2:5
But stretch out Your hand and strike his flesh and bones, and he will surely curse You to Your face.”
Job 19:21
Have pity on me, my friends, have pity, for the hand of God has struck me.
Revelation 16:11
…and curse the God of heaven for their pains and sores. Yet they did not repent of their deeds.
Revelation 16:9
And the people were scorched by intense heat, and they cursed the name of God, who had authority over these plagues. Yet they did not repent and give Him glory.
Revelation 16:21
And great hailstones weighing almost a hundred pounds each rained down on them from above. And men cursed God for the plague of hail, because it was so horrendous.
Malachi 3:13–14
“Your words against Me have been harsh,” says the LORD. “Yet you ask, ‘What have we spoken against You?’
Isaiah 8:21
They will roam the land, dejected and hungry. When they are famished, they will become enraged; and looking upward, they will curse their king and their God.
Isaiah 5:25
Therefore the anger of the LORD burns against His people; His hand is raised against them to strike them down. The mountains quake, and the corpses lie like refuse in the streets. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.
Genesis 26:11
So Abimelech warned all the people, saying, “Whoever harms this man or his wife will surely be put to death.”
Psalm 105:15
“Do not touch My anointed ones! Do no harm to My prophets!”
Job 4:5
But now trouble has come upon you, and you are weary. It strikes you, and you are dismayed.
Job 1:21
…saying: “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will return. The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away. Blessed be the name of the LORD.”

Glossary

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Topics

God: Preserver: Hezekiah Motive: Misunderstood: Job's, in his Righteousness Satan: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To Selfishness: Saints Falsely Accused of Temptation: A Test Temptation: Permitted As a Trial of Disinterestedness

Job 1:11

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