Job 2:6

In 11 translations

BSB

“Very well,” said the LORD to Satan. “He is in your hands, but you must spare his life.”

KJV

And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thine hand; but save his life.but: or, only

WEB

Yahweh said to Satan, “Behold, he is in your hand. Only spare his life.”

ASV

And Jehovah said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thy hand; only spare his life.

LSV

And YHWH says to Satan, “Behold, he [is] in your hand; only take care of his life.”

YLT

And Jehovah saith unto the Adversary, 'Lo, he [is] in thy hand; only his life take care of.'

DBY

And Jehovah said to Satan, Behold, he is in thy hand; only spare his life.

DRC

And the Lord said to Satan: Behold be is in thy hand, but yet save his life.

GNV

Then the Lord said vnto Satan, Lo, he is in thine hand, but saue his life.

JPS

And the LORD said unto Satan: 'Behold, he is in thy hand; only spare his life.'

LXXE

And the Lord said to the devil, Behold, I deliver him up to thee; only save his life.

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WLC

וַיֹּ֧אמֶר יְהוָ֛ה אֶל־הַשָּׂטָ֖ן הִנּ֣וֹ בְיָדֶ֑ךָ אַ֖ךְ אֶת־נַפְשׁ֥וֹ שְׁמֹֽר׃

LXX-Br

Εἶπε δὲ ὁ Κύριος τῷ διαβόλῳ, ἰδοὺ παραδίδωμί σοι αὐτόν· μόνον τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ διαφύλαξον.

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• 1 Corinthians 10:13No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, He will also provide an escape, so that you can stand…
• Luke 22:31–32Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift each of you like wheat. But I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith will not fail. And when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.”
• Job 1:12“Very well,” said the LORD to Satan. “Everything he has is in your hands, but you must not lay a hand on the man himself.” Then Satan went out from the presence of the LORD.
• Revelation 2:10Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Look, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison to test you, and you will suffer tribulation for ten days. Be faithful even unto death, and I will give you the crown…
• Luke 8:29–33For Jesus had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. Many times it had seized him, and though he was bound with chains and shackles, he had broken the chains and been driven by the demon into solitary…
• Job 38:10–11when I fixed its boundaries and set in place its bars and doors, and I declared: ‘You may come this far, but no farther; here your proud waves must stop’?
• Revelation 20:7When the thousand years are complete, Satan will be released from his prison,
• Psalms 65:7You stilled the roaring of the seas, the pounding of their waves, and the tumult of the nations.
• Revelation 20:1–2Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven with the key to the Abyss, holding in his hand a great chain. He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years.

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