Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

But stretch out Your hand and strike his flesh and bones, and he will surely curse You to Your face.”

New American Standard Bible

However, put forth Your hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh; he will curse You to Your face.”

King James Version

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

International Standard Version

However, stretch out your hand and strike his bones and flesh, and he'll curse you to your face, won't he?"

A Conservative Version

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

American Standard Version

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

Amplified

But put forth Your hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh [and severely afflict him]; and he will curse You to Your face.”

Bible in Basic English

But now, if you only put your hand on his bone and his flesh, he will certainly be cursing you to your face.

Darby Translation

but put forth thy hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and see if he will not curse thee to thy face!

Julia Smith Translation

But send forth now thy hand and touch upon his bone and upon his flesh, if he will not bless thee to thy face.

King James 2000

But put forth your hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse you to your face.

Lexham Expanded Bible

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

Modern King James verseion

But indeed put forth Your hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse You to Your face.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

But lay thine hand upon him, touch him once upon the bone and flesh, and, I hold, he shall curse thee to thy face."

NET Bible

But extend your hand and strike his bone and his flesh, and he will no doubt curse you to your face!"

New Heart English Bible

But put forth your hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will renounce you to your face."

The Emphasized Bible

In very deed, put forth, I pray thee thy hand, and smite unto his bone, and unto his flesh, - verily, unto thy face, will he curse thee.

Webster

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

World English Bible

But put forth your hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will renounce you to your face."

Youngs Literal Translation

Yet, 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!'

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
But
אוּלם 
'uwlam 
Usage: 18

שׁלח 
Shalach 
Usage: 848

יד 
Yad 
Usage: 1612

now, and touch
נגע 
Naga` 
Usage: 150

עצם 
`etsem 
Usage: 126

and his flesh
בּשׂר 
Basar 
Usage: 270

and he will curse
בּרך 
Barak 
Usage: 330

Devotionals

Devotionals containing Job 2:5

References

Easton

Fausets

Hastings

Sin

Smith

Context Readings

The Adversary's Attack On Job's Person

4 “Skin for skin!” Satan answered the Lord. “A man will give up everything he owns in exchange for his life. 5 But stretch out Your hand and strike his flesh and bones, and he will surely curse You to Your face.” 6 “Very well,” the Lord told Satan, “he is in your power; only spare his life.”

Cross References

Job 1:11

But stretch out Your hand and strike everything he owns, and he will surely curse You to Your face.”

Job 1:5

Whenever a round of banqueting was over, Job would send for his children and purify them, rising early in the morning to offer burnt offerings for all of them. For Job thought: Perhaps my children have sinned, having cursed God in their hearts. This was Job’s regular practice.

Leviticus 24:15

And tell the Israelites: If anyone curses his God, he will bear the consequences of his sin.

1 Chronicles 21:17

David said to God, “Wasn’t I the one who gave the order to count the people? I am the one who has sinned and acted very wickedly. But these sheep, what have they done? My Lord God, please let Your hand be against me and against my father’s family, but don’t let the plague be against Your people.”

Job 2:9

His wife said to him, “Do you still retain your integrity? Curse God and die!”

Job 19:20-21

My skin and my flesh cling to my bones;
I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.

Psalm 32:3-4

When I kept silent, my bones became brittle
from my groaning all day long.

Psalm 38:2-7

For Your arrows have sunk into me,
and Your hand has pressed down on me.

Psalm 39:10

Remove Your torment from me;
I fade away because of the force of Your hand.

Isaiah 8:21

They will wander through the land, dejected and hungry. When they are famished, they will become enraged, and, looking upward, will curse their king and their God.

King James Version Public Domain

Holman Christian Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2009 by Holman Bible Publishers.

International Standard Version Copyright © 1996-2008 by the ISV Foundation.

New American Standard Bible Copyright ©1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. For Permission to Quote Information visit http://www.lockman.org

American Standard Version Public Domain

NET Bible copyright © 1996-2006 by Biblical Studies Press, L.L.C. NetBible

Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain