Job Loses His Health
Job 2:7
In 11 translations
- BSB
- So Satan went out from the presence of the LORD and infected Job with terrible boils from the soles of his feet to the crown of his head.
- KJV
- ¶ So went Satan forth from the presence of the LORD, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.
- WEB
- So Satan went out from the presence of Yahweh, and struck Job with painful sores from the sole of his foot to his head.
- ASV
- So Satan went forth from the presence of Jehovah, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.
- LSV
- And Satan goes forth from the presence of YHWH, and strikes Job with a severe ulcer from the sole of his foot to his crown.
- YLT
- And the Adversary goeth forth from the presence of Jehovah, and smiteth Job with a sore ulcer from the sole of his foot unto his crown.
- DBY
- And Satan went forth from the presence of Jehovah; and he smote Job with a grievous botch from the sole of his foot unto his crown.
- DRC
- So Satan went forth from the presence Of the Lord, and struck Job with a very grievous ulcer, from the sole of the foot even to the top of his head:
- GNV
- So Satan departed from the presence of the Lord, and smote Iob with sore boyles, from the sole of his foote vnto his crowne.
- JPS
- So Satan went forth from the presence of the LORD, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot even unto his crown.
- LXXE
- So the devil went out from the Lord, and smote Job with sore boils from his feet to his head.
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- Written (Ketiv): עַד (“to”). Read aloud (Qere): וְעַ֥ד (“and to”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
- Leningrad Codex reads ְעַ֥ד; read aloud (Qere) reads וְעַ֥ד (“and to”).
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- וַיֵּצֵא֙ הַשָּׂטָ֔ן מֵאֵ֖ת פְּנֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה וַיַּ֤ךְ אֶת־אִיּוֹב֙ בִּשְׁחִ֣ין רָ֔ע מִכַּ֥ף רַגְל֖וֹ עד קָדְקֳדֽוֹ׃Read aloud as (qere): וְעַ֥ד
- LXX-Br
- Ἐξῆλθε δὲ ὁ διάβολος ἀπὸ τοῦ Κυρίου· καὶ ἔπαισε τὸν Ἰὼβ ἕλκει πονηρῷ ἀπὸ ποδῶν ἕως κεφαλῆς.
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How traditions read it
Identified with Satan in later Jewish and Christian tradition · Satan
The Hebrew śāṭān means "adversary" or "accuser". In Job 1–2 and Zechariah 3 it has the article ("the satan"), a title rather than a name, and in Psalm 109:6 it is a human accuser ("let an accuser stand at his right hand"). 1 Chronicles 21:1 has no article and is the likeliest use as a name. Later Jewish and Christian tradition identifies these figures with Satan.
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
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Cross-references most cited first
- Deuteronomy 28:35The LORD will afflict you with painful, incurable boils on your knees and thighs, from the soles of your feet to the top of your head.
- Job 30:30My skin grows black and peels, and my bones burn with fever.
- Isaiah 1:6From the sole of your foot to the top of your head, there is no soundness— only wounds and welts and festering sores neither cleansed nor bandaged nor soothed with oil.
- Deuteronomy 28:27The LORD will afflict you with the boils of Egypt, with tumors and scabs and itch from which you cannot be cured.
- Job 7:5My flesh is clothed with worms and encrusted with dirt; my skin is cracked and festering.
- Job 30:17–19Night pierces my bones, and my gnawing pains never rest. With great force He grasps my garment; He seizes me by the collar of my tunic. He throws me into the mud, and I have become like dust and ashes.
- Exodus 9:9–11It will become fine dust over all the land of Egypt, and festering boils will break out on man and beast throughout the land.” So they took soot from the furnace and stood before Pharaoh. Moses tossed it into the air,…
- 1 Kings 22:22And he replied, ‘I will go out and be a lying spirit in the mouths of all his prophets.’ ‘You will surely entice him and prevail,’ said the LORD. ‘Go and do it.’
- Isaiah 3:17the Lord will bring sores on the heads of the daughters of Zion, and the LORD will make their foreheads bare.”
- Revelation 16:11and curse the God of heaven for their pains and sores; yet they did not repent of their deeds.
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