Job 2:5

In 11 translations

BSB

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

KJV

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

WEB

But stretch out your hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will renounce you to your face.”

ASV

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

LSV

Yet, put forth Your hand now, and strike to his bone and to his flesh—if not, he blesses You to Your face!”

YLT

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!'

DBY

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

DRC

But put forth thy hand, and touch his bone and his flesh, and then thou shalt gee that he will bless thee to thy face.

GNV

But stretch now out thine hand, and touch his bones and his flesh, to see if he will not blaspheme thee to thy face.

JPS

But put forth Thy hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, surely he will blaspheme Thee to Thy face.'

LXXE

Nay, but put forth thine hand, and touch his bones and his flesh: verily he will bless thee to thy face.

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WLC

אוּלָם֙ שְֽׁלַֽח־נָ֣א יָֽדְךָ֔ וְגַ֥ע אֶל־עַצְמ֖וֹ וְאֶל־בְּשָׂר֑וֹ אִם־לֹ֥א אֶל־פָּנֶ֖יךָ יְבָרֲכֶֽךָּ׃

LXX-Br

Οὐ μὴν δὲ ἀλλὰ ἀποστείλας τὴν χεῖρά σου, ἅψαι τῶν ὀστῶν αὐτοῦ καὶ τῶν σαρκῶν αὐτοῦ· ἦ μὴν εἰς πρόσωπόν σε εὐλογήσει.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Job 1:11But stretch out Your hand and strike all that he has, and he will surely curse You to Your face.”
• Job 19:20–21My skin and flesh cling to my bones; I have escaped by the skin of my teeth. Have pity on me, my friends, have pity, for the hand of God has struck me.
• Job 1:5And when the days of feasting were over, Job would send for his children to purify them, rising early in the morning to offer burnt offerings for all of them. For Job thought, “Perhaps my children have sinned and…
• Leviticus 24:15And you are to tell the Israelites, ‘If anyone curses his God, he shall bear the consequences of his sin.
• Psalms 38:2–7For Your arrows have pierced me deeply, and Your hand has pressed down on me. There is no soundness in my body because of Your anger; there is no rest in my bones because of my sin. For my iniquities have overwhelmed…
• Isaiah 8:21They will roam the land, dejected and hungry. When they are famished, they will become enraged; and looking upward, they will curse their king and their God.
• Psalms 32:3–4When I kept silent, my bones became brittle from my groaning all day long. For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me; my strength was drained as in the summer heat. Selah
• Job 2:9Then Job’s wife said to him, “Do you still retain your integrity? Curse God and die!”
• Psalms 39:10Remove Your scourge from me; I am perishing by the force of Your hand.
• 1 Chronicles 21:17And David said to God, “Was it not I who gave the order to count the people? I am the one who has sinned and acted wickedly. But these sheep, what have they done? O LORD my God, please let Your hand fall upon me and my…

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