Job 2 · Verse 5

Job 2:5

But put forth thine hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face.
Job 2:5, King James Version

Job 2:5 in other translations

BSBBut stretch out Your hand and strike his flesh and bones, and he will surely curse You to Your face.”
WEBBut stretch out your hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will renounce you to your face.”
ASVBut put forth thy hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will renounce thee to thy face.
YLTYet, 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!'
DARBYbut put forth thy hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and see if he will not curse thee to thy face!
BBEBut now, if you only put your hand on his bone and his flesh, he will certainly be cursing you to your face.
WebsterBut put forth thy hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face.

What does Job 2:5 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 5 He will curse thee to thy face - Literally, If he will not bless thee to thy face or appearances. His piety to thee will be always regulated by thy bounty to him. See the note on Job 1:11.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 2:1-6

How well is it for us, that neither men nor devils are to be our judges! but all our judgment comes from the Lord, who never errs. Job holds fast his integrity still, as his weapon. God speaks with pleasure of the power of his own grace. Self-love and self-preservation are powerful in the hearts of men. But Satan accuses Job, representing him as wholly selfish, and minding nothing but his own ease and safety. Thus…

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Job 2:5 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

אוּלָם֙'u.LambutH199
שְֽׁלַֽח\־she.lach-stretch outH7971
נָ֣אna'pleaseH4994
יָֽדְךָ֔ya.de.Khahand yourH3027
וְגַ֥עve.Ga'and touchH5060
אֶל\־'el-<to>H413
עַצְמ֖וֹatz.Mobone hisH6106
וְאֶל\־ve.'el-and <to>H413
בְּשָׂר֑וֹbe.sa.Roflesh hisH1320
אִם\־'im-ifH518
לֹ֥אlo'notH3808
אֶל\־'el-toH413
פָּנֶ֖יךָpa.Nei.khaface yourH6440
יְבָרֲכֶֽךָּ\׃ye.va.ra.Khe.kahe will bless youH1288

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Job 2:5

  • Job 1:11

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

  • Job 1:5

    And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered 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. Thus did Job continually.

  • Leviticus 24:15

    And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Whosoever curseth his God shall bear his sin.

  • Job 19:20-21

    My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth. Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.

  • Isaiah 8:21

    And they shall pass through it, hardly bestead and hungry: and it shall come to pass, that when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and curse their king and their God, and look upward.

  • Psalms 38:2-7

    For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore. There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin. For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me. My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness. …

  • Psalms 39:10

    Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thine hand.

  • Job 2:9

    Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? curse God, and die.

  • Psalms 32:3-4

    When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long. For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah.

  • 1 Chronicles 21:17

    And David said unto God, Is it not I that commanded the people to be numbered? even I it is that have sinned and done evil indeed; but as for these sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I pray thee, O Lord my God, be on me, and on my father’s house; but not on thy people, that they should be plagued.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
put forth.
1:11; 19:20,21; 1Ch 21:17; Ps 32:3,4; 38:2-7; 39:10
He will curse.
9; 1:5,11; Le 24:15; Isa 8:21

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Job 2:4

    And Satan answered the Lord, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life.

  • Job 2:5

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

  • Job 2:6

    And the Lord said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thine hand; but save his life.

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Job 2:5 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Mas extiende ahora tu mano, y toca á su hueso y á su carne, y verás si no te blasfema en tu rostro.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
mais étends ta main et touche à ses os et à sa chair: tu verras s’il ne te maudit pas en face.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Aber strecke einmal deine Hand aus und taste sein Gebein und sein Fleisch an, ob er sich nicht offen von dir lossagen wird.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
alioquin mitte manum tuam, et tange os ejus et carnem, et tunc videbis quod in faciem benedicat tibi.