Job 2:6

Job Loses His Health · Job 2:1–10
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Translations

Modern
“Very well,” said the LORD to Satan. “He is in your hands, but you must spare his life.”
Traditional
And the Lord said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thine hand; but save his life.
Literal
And YHWH said to Satan, “Behold, he is in your hand, yet his life you must spare.”
Latin
Dixit ergo Dominus ad Satan: Ecce in manu tua est: verumtamen animam illius serva.

Original

Hebrew
English
“Very well,” said the LORD to Satan. “He is in your hands, but you must spare his life.”

Notes

spare (literally guard or watch over): Ironically, God made Satan responsible for guarding Job’s life (compare 10:13–14; 13:27; 33:11).

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.

Events

People

Satan: The adversary, the devil, the tempter of humanity

Glossary

Apocalyptic Book of Job Power Satan Teman (Place)

Topics

God: Preserver: Hezekiah Natural Life of Saints, Specially Protected by God Satan: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To Sickness: God: Permits Saints to be Tried By Sickness: The Devil Sometimes Permitted to Inflict Temptation: A Test The Devil: Saints: Afflicted By, Only As God Permits