Job 2:7 “So Satan went out from the presence of the LORD and infected Job with…”

Job 2:7

So Satan went out from the presence of the LORD and infected Job with terrible boils from the soles of his feet to the crown of his head.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

So went Satan forth from the presence of the LORD, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.

World English Bible

So Satan went out from the presence of the LORD, and struck Job with painful sores from the sole of his foot to his head.

American Standard Version

So Satan went forth from the presence of Jehovah, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.

Geneva Bible 1599

So Satan departed from the presence of the Lord, and smote Iob with sore boyles, from the sole of his foote vnto his crowne.

Darby Translation

And Satan went forth from the presence of Jehovah; and he smote Job with a grievous botch from the sole of his foot unto his crown.

Young's Literal Translation

And the Adversary goeth forth from the presence of Jehovah, and smiteth Job with a sore ulcer from the sole of his foot unto his crown.

Bible in Basic English

And the Satan went out from before the Lord, and sent on Job an evil disease covering his skin from his feet to the top of his head.

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Cross references

“So went”

1 Kings 22:22

1 Kings 22:22 · BSB

And he replied, ‘I will go out and be a lying spirit in the mouths of all his prophets.’ ‘You will surely entice him and prevail,’ said the LORD. ‘Go and do it.’

“sore boils”

Deuteronomy 28:35 Job 30:30 Deuteronomy 28:27 Job 30:17–19 Exodus 9:9–11 Revelation 16:11

Deuteronomy 28:35 · BSB

The LORD will afflict you with painful, incurable boils on your knees and thighs, from the soles of your feet to the top of your head.

Job 30:30 · BSB

My skin grows black and peels, and my bones burn with fever.

Deuteronomy 28:27 · BSB

The LORD will afflict you with the boils of Egypt, with tumors and scabs and itch from which you cannot be cured.

Job 30:17–19 · BSB

Night pierces my bones, and my gnawing pains never rest.

Exodus 9:9–11 · BSB

It will become fine dust over all the land of Egypt, and festering boils will break out on man and beast throughout the land.”

Revelation 16:11 · BSB

and curse the God of heaven for their pains and sores. Yet they did not repent of their deeds.

“from the sole”

Isaiah 1:6 Isaiah 3:17

Isaiah 1:6 · BSB

From the sole of your foot to the top of your head, there is no soundness— only wounds and welts and festering sores neither cleansed nor bandaged nor soothed with oil.

Isaiah 3:17 · BSB

the Lord will bring sores on the heads of the daughters of Zion, and the LORD will make their foreheads bare. ”

Also

Job 7:5

Job 7:5 · BSB

My flesh is clothed with worms and encrusted with dirt; my skin is cracked and festering.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

6“Very well,” said the LORD to Satan. “He is in your hands, but you must spare his life.”

8And Job took a piece of broken pottery to scrape himself as he sat among the ashes.

Read Job 2