Job 1:11 - Forerunner Commentary

Job 1:11

9 So Satan answered the Lord and said, “Does Job fear God for nothing?

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,

Verse Comparison: Job 1:11

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American Standard Version
But put forth thy hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will renounce thee to thy face.

Amplified® Bible
But put forth Your hand now and touch all that he has, and he will curse You to Your face.

Contemporary English Version
Try taking away everything he owns, and he will curse you to your face."

Darby English Version
But put forth thy hand now and touch all that he hath, [and see] if he will not curse thee to thy face!

Good News Bible
But now suppose you take away everything he has---he will curse you to your face!"

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

New American Standard Bible
"But put forth Your hand now and touch all that he has; he will surely curse You to Your face."

New International Version
But stretch out your hand and strike everything he has, and he will surely curse you to your face."

New King James Version
But now, stretch out Your hand and touch all that he has, and he will surely curse You to Your face!”

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
" But put forth Your hand now and touch all that he has; he will surely curse You to Your face."

Revised Standard Version
But put forth thy hand now, and touch all that he has, and he will curse thee to thy face."

Young's Literal Translation
The work of his hands Thou hast blessed, and his substance hath spread in the land, and yet, put forth, I pray Thee, Thy hand, and strike against anything that he hath -- if not: to Thy face he doth bless Thee!'

New English Translation
But¹ extend your hand and strike² everything he has, and he will no doubt³ curse you⁴ to your face!”

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