5But put forth thine hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face.
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But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face.
My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth. …
And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all: for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually.
And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Whosoever curseth his God shall bear his sin.
For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-6)Satan, that sworn enemy to God and all good men, is here pushing forward his malicious prosecution of Job, whom he hated because God loved him, and did all he could to separate between him and his God, to sow discord and make mischief between them, urging God to afflict him and then urging him to blaspheme God. One would have thought that he had enough of his former attempt upon Job, in which he w…
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