Job 2:7

"The LORD said to Satan, “Behold, he is in your hand. Only spare his life.”"

Key Reflection

This passage highlights God's sovereignty over both His servants and their adversaries. By giving Satan permission to test Job while sparing his life, God demonstrates both the extent of evil's influence and His ultimate control over it.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

So went Satan forth -Job 1:12. And smote Job with sore boils -The English word boil denotes the well-known turnout upon the flesh, accompanied with severe inflammation; a sore angry swelling. “Webster.” The Hebrew word, however, is in the singular numberשׁחיןshechı̂yn, and should have been so rendered in our translation. Dr. Good renders it “a burning ulceration.” The Vulgate translates it, “ulcere pessimo.” The Septuagint,ἕλκει πονηρῶhelkeiponērō- “with a foul ulcer.” The Hebrew wordשׁחיןshechı̂ynmeans a burning sore; an inflamed ulcer, a bile. “Gesenius.” It is derived fromשׁכןshâkan, an obsolete root, retained in Arabic, and meaning to be hot or inflamed.

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