A moment in scripture
Job 2:5
But put forth thine hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face.
The surrounding passage
- Job 2:3
And the Lord said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? and still he holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroy him without cause.
- Job 2:4
And Satan answered the Lord, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life.
- Job 2:6
And the Lord said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thine hand; but save his life.
- Job 2:7
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.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.