Job 2:6
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)““Very well,” said the LORD to Satan. “He is in your hands, but you must spare his life.””
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““Very well,” said the LORD to Satan. “He is in your hands, but you must spare his life.””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And the Lord said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thine hand; but save his life.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And Jehovah said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thy hand; only spare his life.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And Jehovah saith unto the Adversary, `Lo, he <FI>is<Fi> in thy hand; only his life take care of.'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Job 2:6 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Chronicles 18:21And 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.’
- Job 1:11But stretch out Your hand and strike all that he has, and he will surely curse You to Your face.”
- 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.
- Job 38:10when I fixed its boundaries and set in place its bars and doors,
- Psalms 65:7You stilled the roaring of the seas, the pounding of their waves, and the tumult of the nations.
- Luke 8:29For 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 places.
- Luke 12:23For life is more than food, and the body more than clothes.
- Luke 22:31Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift each of you like wheat.
- 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 up under it.
- 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 of life.
- Revelation 20:1Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven with the key to the Abyss, holding in his hand a great chain.
- Revelation 20:7When the thousand years are complete, Satan will be released from his prison,
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