Commentaries:
Barnes' Notes
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 selection of disease, and to afflict him in any manner, provided it did not terminate fatally. The keen sorrows which Job afterward endured showed the malignancy of the tempter; evinced his ingenuity in inflicting pain, and his knowledge of what thc human frame could be made to bear.
Other Barnes' Notes entries containing Job 2:6:
1 Chronicles 21:1
Job 1:6
Luke 13:16
2 Corinthians 12:7
James 5:11
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