Parallel Verses

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.

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.

Holman Bible

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

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 And the adversary will answer Jehovah and say, Skin for skin, and all which is to a man he will give for his soul. 5 But send forth now thy hand and touch upon his bone and upon his flesh, if he will not bless thee to thy face. 6 And Jehovah will say to the adversary, Behold him in thy hand, but watch his soul

Cross References

Job 1:11

But send forth now thy band and tough upon all which is to him, if he will not bless thee upon thy face.

Job 1:5

And it will be that the days of drinking went round, and Job will send and consecrate them, and he rose early in the morning and brought up burnt-offerings for the number of them all: for Job said, Perhaps my sons sinned, and blessed God in their hearts. Thus did Job all the days.

Leviticus 24:15

And to the sons of Israel thou shalt speak, saying, When a man, a man shall curse his God and he bore his sin.

1 Chronicles 21:17

And David will say to God, Is it not I who said to number in the people? and I am he who sinned, and doing evil I did evil; and these sheep, what did they? O Jehovah my God, thy hand now shall be upon me and upon my father's house; and not to smite upon thy people.

Job 2:9

And his wife will say to him, Yet thou art holding fast upon thine integrity: praise God and die.

Job 19:20-21

My bone cleaved to my skin and to my flesh, and I shall escape with the skin of my teeth.

Psalm 32:3-4

If I was silent, my bones fell away in my groaning all the day.

Psalm 38:2-7

O Jehovah, thou wilt not reprove me in thy wrath, and thou wilt not correct me in thine anger.

Psalm 39:10

Remove from me thy stroke: I was finished from the contention of thy hand.

Isaiah 8:21

And passing through it, harshly oppressed and hungry; and it was when he shall be hungry, and they brake forth and cursed against their king and their God, and looked upwards.

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