Job 2:6
New International Version
The LORD said to Satan, “Very well, then, he is in your hands; but you must spare his life.”

New Living Translation
“All right, do with him as you please,” the LORD said to Satan. “But spare his life.”

English Standard Version
And the LORD said to Satan, “Behold, he is in your hand; only spare his life.”

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

King James Bible
And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thine hand; but save his life.

New King James Version
And the LORD said to Satan, “Behold, he is in your hand, but spare his life.”

New American Standard Bible
So the LORD said to Satan, “Behold, he is in your power, only spare his life.”

NASB 1995
So the LORD said to Satan, “Behold, he is in your power, only spare his life.”

NASB 1977
So the LORD said to Satan, “Behold, he is in your power, only spare his life.”

Legacy Standard Bible
So Yahweh said to Satan, “Behold, he is in your hand, only spare his life.”

Amplified Bible
So the LORD said to Satan, “Behold, he is in your hand, only spare his life.”

Christian Standard Bible
“Very well,” the LORD told Satan, “he is in your power; only spare his life.”

Holman Christian Standard Bible
“Very well,” the LORD told Satan, “he is in your power; only spare his life.”

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

Contemporary English Version
"All right!" the LORD replied. "Make Job suffer as much as you want, but just don't kill him."

English Revised Version
And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thine hand; only spare his life.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The LORD told Satan, "He is in your power, but you must spare his life!"

Good News Translation
So the LORD said to Satan, "All right, he is in your power, but you are not to kill him."

International Standard Version
Then the LORD told Satan, "Very well then, he is under your control. Just preserve his life."

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

NET Bible
So the LORD said to Satan, "All right, he is in your power; only preserve his life."

New Heart English Bible
The LORD said to Satan, "Look, he is in your power. Only preserve his life."

Webster's Bible Translation
And the LORD said to Satan, Behold, he is in thy hand; but save his life.

World English Bible
Yahweh said to Satan, “Behold, he is in your hand. Only spare his life.”
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And YHWH says to Satan, “Behold, he [is] in your hand; only take care of his life.”

Young's Literal Translation
And Jehovah saith unto the Adversary, 'Lo, he is in thy hand; only his life take care of.'

Smith's Literal Translation
And Jehovah will say to the adversary, Behold him in thy hand, but watch his soul.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the Lord said to Satan: Behold be is in thy hand, but yet save his life.

Catholic Public Domain Version
Therefore, the Lord said to Satan, “Behold, he is in your hand, but even so, spare his life.”

New American Bible
And the LORD said to the satan, “He is in your power; only spare his life.”

New Revised Standard Version
The LORD said to Satan, “Very well, he is in your power; only spare his life.”
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
And the LORD said to Satan, Behold, he is delivered into your hands; only spare his life.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And LORD JEHOVAH said to Satan: “Now he is handed over into your hands, only save his life!”
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
And the LORD said unto Satan: 'Behold, he is in thy hand; only spare his life.'

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

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Job Loses His Health
5But stretch out Your hand and strike his flesh and bones, and he will surely curse You to Your face.” 6“Very well,” said the LORD to Satan. “He is in your hands, but you must spare his life.” 7So 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.…

Cross References
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.

1 Corinthians 10:13
No 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 up under it.

Luke 22:31-32
Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift all 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.”

1 Peter 5:8-9
Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. / Resist him, standing firm in your faith and in the knowledge that your brothers throughout the world are undergoing the same kinds of suffering.

James 5:11
See how blessed we consider those who have persevered. You have heard of Job’s perseverance and have seen the outcome from the Lord. The Lord is full of compassion and mercy.

2 Corinthians 12:7-9
or because of these surpassingly great revelations. So to keep me from becoming conceited, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me. / Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. / But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest on me.

Revelation 2:10
Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Behold, 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 of life.

Matthew 4:1-11
Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. / After fasting forty days and forty nights, He was hungry. / The tempter came to Him and said, “If You are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.” ...

1 John 5:18
We know that anyone born of God does not keep on sinning; the One who was born of God protects him, and the evil one cannot touch him.

Zechariah 3:1-2
Then the angel showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, with Satan standing at his right hand to accuse him. / And the LORD said to Satan: “The LORD rebukes you, Satan! Indeed, the LORD, who has chosen Jerusalem, rebukes you! Is not this man a firebrand snatched from the fire?”

Genesis 22:12
“Do not lay a hand on the boy or do anything to him,” said the angel, “for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your only son from me.”

1 Kings 22:22-23
And 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.’ / So you see, the LORD has put a lying spirit in the mouths of all these prophets of yours, and the LORD has pronounced disaster against you.”

Isaiah 45:7
I form the light and create the darkness; I bring prosperity and create calamity. I, the LORD, do all these things.

Lamentations 3:37-38
Who has spoken and it came to pass, unless the Lord has ordained it? / Do not both adversity and good come from the mouth of the Most High?

Amos 3:6
If a ram’s horn sounds in a city, do the people not tremble? If calamity comes to a city, has not the LORD caused it?


Treasury of Scripture

And the LORD said to Satan, Behold, he is in your hand; but save his life.

Behold.

Job 1:12
And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, all that he hath is in thy power; only upon himself put not forth thine hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of the LORD.

but.

Job 38:10,11
And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors, …

Psalm 65:7
Which stilleth the noise of the seas, the noise of their waves, and the tumult of the people.

Luke 8:29-33
(For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For oftentimes it had caught him: and he was kept bound with chains and in fetters; and he brake the bands, and was driven of the devil into the wilderness.) …

his life.

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Job 2
1. Satan, appearing again before God, obtains further leave to tempt Job.
7. He afflicts him with sore boils.
9. Job reproves his wife, who moved him to curse God.
11. His three friends console with him in silence.














Very well
This phrase signifies God's sovereign permission. In Hebrew, the word used here is "הִנֵּה" (hinneh), often translated as "behold" or "see." It indicates God's acknowledgment of Satan's challenge and His allowance for the testing of Job. This highlights the divine authority and control God maintains over the situation, even as He permits Satan to act. It is a reminder of God's ultimate sovereignty and the boundaries He sets, even in trials.

said the LORD
The use of "LORD" in all capitals represents the Hebrew name "YHWH," the covenant name of God, emphasizing His eternal, self-existent nature. This name is deeply significant, as it reflects God's unchanging character and His faithfulness to His people. In this context, it underscores that the conversation is not merely between two beings but involves the Almighty, who is intimately involved in the lives of His creation.

to Satan
"Satan" in Hebrew is "שָׂטָן" (satan), meaning "adversary" or "accuser." This term is not just a name but a title that describes his role as the one who opposes and accuses God's people. In the context of Job, Satan acts as the challenger of Job's righteousness, questioning the integrity of human devotion to God. This interaction reveals the spiritual warfare and the reality of evil forces that seek to undermine faith.

He is in your hands
This phrase indicates a transfer of power or authority, albeit limited, from God to Satan. The Hebrew word for "hands" is "יָד" (yad), often symbolizing power or control. Here, it signifies that Job is subject to Satan's influence, but only within the constraints set by God. This highlights the theme of divine permission and the limits of Satan's power, reassuring believers that God remains in control.

but you must spare his life
The command to "spare his life" sets a boundary that Satan cannot cross. The Hebrew word for "spare" is "שָׁמַר" (shamar), meaning to keep, guard, or preserve. This divine restriction emphasizes God's protective nature and His ultimate authority over life and death. It reassures believers that, despite trials, God preserves the essence of life and maintains His protective hand over His people, ensuring that no trial can ultimately destroy them.

(6) But save his life.--God's faithfulness cannot fail even if, as Satan hints, Job's should do so (2Timothy 2:13). There was one who cared for Job's life more than he cared for it himself.

Verse 6. - And the Lord said unto Satan, Behold he is in thine hand; i.e. "he is in thy power, to do with him as thou pleasest" - except in one respect. Again it is strongly marked that Satan's power is under God's control, and extends only so far as God shows. But save his life; rather, only spare his life (Revised Version). The didactic purposes for which God was allowing his faithful servant to be tried in the furnace of affliction would have been frustrated by Job's removal from the earth. Individually he might equally well have been compensated in another world; but then the lesson of his example to living men, and the lesson of his story to all future generations of mankind, would have been lost. Besides, God but rarely, in the old world, gave a faithful servant, still in the full vigour of life (Job 42:16, 17), "over unto death" (Psalm 118:18).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
“Very well,”
הִנּ֣וֹ (hin·nōw)
Interjection | third person masculine singular
Strong's 2005: Lo! behold!

said
וַיֹּ֧אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

the LORD
יְהוָ֛ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3069: YHWH

to Satan.
הַשָּׂטָ֖ן (haś·śā·ṭān)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 7854: An opponent -- Satan, the arch-enemy of good

“He is in your hands,
בְיָדֶ֑ךָ (ḇə·yā·ḏe·ḵā)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 3027: A hand

but
אַ֖ךְ (’aḵ)
Adverb
Strong's 389: A particle of affirmation, surely

you must spare
שְׁמֹֽר׃ (šə·mōr)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's 8104: To hedge about, guard, to protect, attend to

his life.”
נַפְשׁ֥וֹ (nap̄·šōw)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 5315: A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion


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