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Job 1:12
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10 aHave You not made a hedge around him, around his household, and around all that he has on every side? bYou have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land.  
11 aBut now, stretch out Your hand and touch all that he has, and he will surely bcurse You to Your face!”  
12 And the Lord said to Satan, “Behold, all that he has is in your1 power; only do not lay a hand on his person.” So Satan went out from the presence of the Lord.  

Job Loses His Property and Children

13 Now there was a day awhen his sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house;  
14 and a messenger came to Job and said, “The oxen were plowing and the donkeys feeding beside them,
15 when the Sabeans raided them and took them away—indeed they have killed the servants with the edge of the sword; and I alone have escaped to tell you!”  
16 While he was still speaking, another also came and said, “The fire of God fell from heaven and burned up the sheep and the servants, and1 consumed them; and I alone have escaped to tell you!”  
17 While he was still speaking, another also came and said, “The Chaldeans formed three bands, raided the camels and took them away, yes, and killed the servants with the edge of the sword; and I alone have escaped to tell you!”
18 While he was still speaking, another also came and said, a“Your sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house,  
19 and suddenly a great wind came from1 across the wilderness and struck the four corners of the house, and it fell on the young people, and they are dead; and I alone have escaped to tell you!”  
20 Then Job arose, atore his robe, and shaved his head; and he bfell to the ground and worshiped.  
21 And he said:
a“Naked I came from my mother’s womb,
And naked shall I return there.
The Lord bgave, and the Lord has ctaken away;
dBlessed be the name of the Lord.”  
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Barnes' Notes
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Job 1:12

All that he hath is in thy power - Margin, as in Hebrew "hand." That is, all this is now committed to thee, for it is manifest that hitherto Satan had no power to injure even his property. He complained that God had made a hedge around all that Job possessed. Now it was all entrusted to him in order that he might make full trim of the faith of Job. The grant extended to his sons and daughters as well as to his property.

Only upon himself put not forth thine hand - Job himself was not to be visited with sickness nor was his life to be taken. The main accusation of Satan was, that Job was virtuous only because God encompassed him with so many blessings, and especially because he had endowed him with so much property. The trial, therefore, only required that it should be seen whether his piety was the mere result of these blessings.

So Satan went forth from the presence of the Lord - That is from the council which had been convened; see the notes at Job 1:6.




Other Barnes' Notes entries containing Job 1:12:

1 Chronicles 21:1
Job 1:6
Job 2:6
Job 2:7
Matthew 4:1
Luke 13:16
Luke 22:31

 

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