Job 2:1-6

The Adversary’s Attack on Job’s Person

1 {And then} one day the sons of God came to present themselves before Yahweh, and Satan also came into their midst to present himself before Yahweh.

2 So Yahweh {asked} Satan, "From where have you come?" And Satan answered Yahweh and said, "From roaming on the earth and from walking about in it."

3 So Yahweh {asked} Satan, "Have you {considered} my servant Job? Indeed, there is no one like him on the earth--a blameless man and upright and God-fearing and turning away from evil. And still he persists in his blamelessness {even though} you incited me against him to destroy him for nothing."

4 Then Satan answered him and said, "Skin for skin! All that {that} man has he will give for his life.

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

6 So Yahweh said to Satan, "{All right}, he [is] in your {power}. Only spare his life."

Job 2:1-6 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JOB 2

This chapter gives an account of a second trial of Job's constancy and integrity, the time and occasion of it, Job 2:1-3; the motion made for it by Satan, which being granted, he smote him from head to foot with sore boils, which he endured very patiently, Job 2:4-8; during which sad affliction he is urged by his wife to give up his integrity, which he bravely resisted, Job 2:9,10; and the chapter is concluded with an account of a visit of three of Job's friends, and of their conduct and behaviour towards him, Job 2:11-13.

Footnotes

• [a] Literally "And it came to be," or "and it happened"
• [b] Or "the heavenly beings," or "the angels"
• [c] Hebrew "the accuser," or "the adversary"
• [d] Hebrew "And"
• [e] Literally "said to"
• [f] Hebrew "the accuser," or "the adversary"
• [g] Hebrew "And"
• [h] Literally "said to"
• [i] Hebrew "the accuser," or "the adversary"
• [j] Literally "set your heart"
• [k] Or "For" or "Because"
• [l] Hebrew "and"
• [m] Hebrew "And"
• [n] Hebrew "the accuser," or "the adversary"
• [o] Literally "the"
• [p] Or "please"
• [q] Literally "if not"
• [r] Literally "bless"--negative meaning by context
• [s] Hebrew "your faces"
• [t] Literally "And it happened the/one day"
• [u] Hebrew "the accuser," or "the adversary"
• [v] Literally "Look"
• [w] Literally "hand"