So Abimelech warned all the people, saying, “Whoever touches this man or his wife shall be put to death.”
Job 1:11 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 But stretch out your hand now, and touch all that he has, and he will curse you to your face.” More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But put forth Your hand now and touch all that he has, and he will curse You to Your face. American Standard Version (1901) But put forth thy hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will renounce thee to thy face. Common English Bible But stretch out your hand and strike all he has. He will certainly curse you to your face.” Catholic Public Domain Version But extend your hand a little, and touch all that he possesses, and see if he still praises you to your face." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But stretch forth thy hand a little, and touch all that he hath; and see if he blesseth thee not to thy face. |
So Abimelech warned all the people, saying, “Whoever touches this man or his wife shall be put to death.”
The Lord said to the accuser, “Very well, all that he has is in your power; only do not stretch out your hand against him!” So the accuser went out from the presence of the Lord.
He said, “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return there; the Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.”
And when the feast days had run their course, Job would send and sanctify them, and he would rise early in the morning and offer burnt offerings according to the number of them all, for Job said, “It may be that my children have sinned and cursed God in their hearts.” This is what Job always did.
Have pity on me, have pity on me, O you my friends, for the hand of God has touched me!
The Lord said to the accuser, “Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man who fears God and turns away from evil. He still persists in his integrity, although you incited me against him, to destroy him for no reason.”
But stretch out your hand now and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse you to your face.”
The Lord said to the accuser, “Very well, he is in your power; only spare his life.”
So the accuser went out from the presence of the Lord and inflicted loathsome sores on Job from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head.
Then his wife said to him, “Do you still persist in your integrity? Curse God and die.”
But now it has come to you, and you are impatient; it touches you, and you are dismayed.
Therefore the anger of the Lord was kindled against his people, and he stretched out his hand against them and struck them; the mountains quaked, and their corpses were like refuse in the streets. For all this his anger has not turned away, and his hand is stretched out still.
a people who provoke me to my face continually, sacrificing in gardens and offering incense on bricks;
They will pass through the land, greatly distressed and hungry; when they are hungry, they will be enraged and will curse their king and their gods. They will turn their faces upward,
For thus said the Lord of hosts after his glory sent me to the nations who plundered you: Truly, one who touches you touches the apple of my eye.
Then I heard a loud voice in heaven proclaiming, “Now have come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of his Messiah, for the accuser of our brothers and sisters has been thrown down, who accuses them day and night before our God.
and cursed the God of heaven because of their pains and sores, and they did not repent of their deeds.
and huge hailstones, each weighing about a hundred pounds, dropped from heaven on people, until they cursed God for the plague of the hail, so fearful was that plague.
they were scorched by the fierce heat, but they cursed the name of God, who had authority over these plagues, and they did not repent and give him glory.