Job 1:11

"But stretch out your hand now, and touch all that he has, and he will renounce you to your face.”"

Key Reflection

This verse challenges Satan to test Job’s faith by allowing him to take away everything Job possesses, predicting that Job would abandon his devotion if his material wealth were removed. It underscores the potential vulnerability of even the most faithful when stripped of their earthly goods, highlighting the importance of unwavering trust in God regardless of circumstances.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

But put forth thine hand now -That is, for the purpose of injuring him, and taking away his property. And touch all that he hath -Dr. Good renders this, “and smite.” The Vulgate and the Septuagint, “touch.” The Hebrew word used hereנגעnâga‛means properly to “touch;” then to touch anyone with violenceGenesis 26:11;Joshua 9:19, and then to smite, to injure, to strike; seeGenesis 32:26, 33;1 Samuel 6:9;Job 19:21; compare the notes atIsaiah 53:4. Here it means evidently to smite or strike; and the idea is, that if God should take away the property of Job, he would take away his religion with it - and the trial was to see whether this effect would follow.

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