Job 1:12
ContextNETBible | So the Lord said to Satan, “All right then, 1 everything he has is 2 in your power. 3 Only do not extend your hand against the man himself!” 4 So Satan went out 5 from the presence of the Lord. 6 |
XREF | Ge 16:6; 1Ki 22:23; Job 2:4-6; Job 2:7; Ps 76:10; Isa 27:8; Jer 38:5; Lu 8:32; Lu 8:33; Lu 22:31,32; Joh 3:35,36; Joh 19:11; 1Co 10:13; 2Co 12:7 |
NET © Notes |
1 tn The particle הִנֵּה (hinneh, “behold”) introduces a foundational clause upon which the following volitional clause is based. 2 tn The versions add a verb here: “delivered to” or “abandoned to” the hand of Satan. 3 tn Heb “in your hand.” The idiom means that it is now Satan’s to do with as he pleases. 4 tn The Hebrew word order emphatically holds out Job’s person as the exception: “only upon him do not stretch forth your hand.” 5 tn The Targum to Job adds “with permission” to show that he was granted leave from God’s presence. 6 sn So Satan, having received his permission to test Job’s sincerity, goes out from the |