Parallel Verses

Amplified

But put forth Your hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh [and severely afflict him]; and he will curse You to Your face.”

New American Standard Bible

However, put forth Your hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh; he will curse You to Your face.”

King James Version

But put forth thine hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face.

Holman Bible

But stretch out Your hand and strike his flesh and bones, and he will surely curse You to Your face.”

International Standard Version

However, stretch out your hand and strike his bones and flesh, and he'll curse you to your face, won't he?"

A Conservative Version

But put forth thy hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will renounce thee to thy face.

American Standard Version

But put forth thy hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will renounce thee to thy face.

Bible in Basic English

But now, if you only put your hand on his bone and his flesh, he will certainly be cursing you to your face.

Darby Translation

but put forth thy hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and see if he will not curse thee to thy face!

Julia Smith Translation

But send forth now thy hand and touch upon his bone and upon his flesh, if he will not bless thee to thy face.

King James 2000

But put forth your hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse you to your face.

Lexham Expanded Bible

But stretch out your hand and touch his bones and his flesh, [and see] {whether} he will {curse} you to your face."

Modern King James verseion

But indeed put forth Your hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse You to Your face.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

But lay thine hand upon him, touch him once upon the bone and flesh, and, I hold, he shall curse thee to thy face."

NET Bible

But extend your hand and strike his bone and his flesh, and he will no doubt curse you to your face!"

New Heart English Bible

But put forth your hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will renounce you to your face."

The Emphasized Bible

In very deed, put forth, I pray thee thy hand, and smite unto his bone, and unto his flesh, - verily, unto thy face, will he curse thee.

Webster

But put forth thy hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face.

World English Bible

But put forth your hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will renounce you to your face."

Youngs Literal Translation

Yet, put forth, I pray Thee, Thy hand, and strike unto his bone and unto his flesh -- if not: unto Thy face he doth bless Thee!'

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
But
אוּלם 
'uwlam 
Usage: 18

שׁלח 
Shalach 
Usage: 848

יד 
Yad 
Usage: 1612

now, and touch
נגע 
Naga` 
Usage: 150

עצם 
`etsem 
Usage: 126

and his flesh
בּשׂר 
Basar 
Usage: 270

and he will curse
בּרך 
Barak 
Usage: 330

Devotionals

Devotionals containing Job 2:5

References

Easton

Fausets

Hastings

Sin

Smith

Context Readings

The Adversary's Attack On Job's Person

4 Satan answered the Lord, “Skin for skin! Yes, a man will give all he has for his life. 5 But put forth Your hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh [and severely afflict him]; and he will curse You to Your face.” 6 So the Lord said to Satan, “Behold, he is in your hand, only spare his life.”


Cross References

Job 1:11

But put forth Your hand now and touch (destroy) all that he has, and he will surely curse You to Your face.”

Job 1:5

When the days of their feasting were over, Job would send [for them] and consecrate them, rising early in the morning and offering burnt offerings according to the number of them all; for Job said, “It may be that my sons have sinned and cursed God in their hearts.” Job did this at all [such] times.

Leviticus 24:15

You shall speak to the Israelites, saying, ‘Whoever curses his God will bear his sin [through his own death].

1 Chronicles 21:17

David said to God, “Is it not I who commanded the people to be counted? I am the one who has sinned and done evil; but as for these sheep [the people of Israel], what have they done? O Lord my God, please let Your hand be against me and my father’s house, but not against Your people that they should be plagued.”

Job 2:9

Then his wife said to him, “Do you still cling to your integrity [and your faith and trust in God, without blaming Him]? Curse God and die!”

Job 19:20-21


“My bone clings to my skin and to my flesh,
And I have escaped [death] by the skin of my teeth.

Psalm 32:3-4


When I kept silent about my sin, my body wasted away
Through my groaning all the day long.

Psalm 38:2-7


For Your arrows have sunk into me and penetrate deeply,
And Your hand has pressed down on me and greatly disciplined me.

Psalm 39:10


“Remove Your plague from me;
I am wasting away because of the conflict and opposition of Your hand.

Isaiah 8:21

They [who consult mediums and soothsayers] will pass through the land deeply distressed and hungry, and when they are hungry, they will become enraged and will curse their king and their God as they look upward.

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