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Job 2:6 — King James Version← Study notes

And the Lord said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thine hand; but save his life.


Job 2:6Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 2:610 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יֹּ֧אמֶרwayōʾmer
and he saidconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
יְהוָ֛הyəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
אֶלʾel
topronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
הַ/שָּׂטָ֖ןhaśāṭān
the adversaryparticleH7854
Satan · withstand
הִנּ֣/וֹhinwō
there heparticleH2005
if · lo · though
בְ/יָדֶ֑/ךָbəyādekā
is in hand yourpronH3027
about · armholes · at · axletree ···
אַ֖ךְʾakə
surelyparticleH389
in any wise · at least · but · certainly ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
נַפְשׁ֥/וֹnapəšwō
life hisnounH5315
appetite · beast · body · breath ···
שְׁמֹֽרšəmōr
preserveverbH8104
be circumspect · take heed · keep(-er · self) ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Job 2:6

And the Lord said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thine hand; but save his life. Here again, the safeguard of protection goes along with the permission to smite, and the dispensation of God both while guarding, forsakes his elect servant, and while forsaking, guards him. A portion of him He gives over, a portion He protects. For if he had left Job wholly in the hand of so dire a foe, what could have become of a mere man? And so with the very justice of the permission there is…

Gregory the Great · 6th century · Morals on Job, Book 3 §5
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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