Job 2:7
New International Version
So Satan went out from the presence of the LORD and afflicted Job with painful sores from the soles of his feet to the crown of his head.

New Living Translation
So Satan left the LORD’s presence, and he struck Job with terrible boils from head to foot.

English Standard Version
So Satan went out from the presence of the LORD and struck Job with loathsome sores from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head.

Berean Standard Bible
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.

King James Bible
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.

New King James Version
So Satan went out from the presence of the LORD, and struck Job with painful boils from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head.

New American Standard Bible
Then Satan went out from the presence of the LORD and struck Job with severe boils from the sole of his foot to the top of his head.

NASB 1995
Then Satan went out from the presence of the LORD and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head.

NASB 1977
Then Satan went out from the presence of the LORD, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head.

Legacy Standard Bible
Then Satan went out from the presence of Yahweh and struck Job with terrible boils from the sole of his foot to the top of his head.

Amplified Bible
So Satan departed from the presence of the LORD and struck Job with loathsome boils and agonizingly painful sores from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head.

Christian Standard Bible
So Satan left the LORD’s presence and infected Job with terrible boils from the soles of his feet to the top of his head.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
So Satan left the LORD’s presence and infected Job with terrible boils from the sole of his foot to the top of 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.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And Satan went out from before the face of LORD JEHOVAH and struck Job with evil abscesses from the sole of his foot and unto his brain

Brenton Septuagint Translation
So the devil went out from the Lord, and smote Job with sore boils from his feet to his head.

Contemporary English Version
Satan left and caused painful sores to break out all over Job's body--from head to toe.

Douay-Rheims Bible
So Satan went forth from the presence Of the Lord, and struck Job with a very grievous ulcer, from the sole of the foot even to the top of his head:

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

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Satan left the LORD's presence and struck Job with painful boils from the soles of his feet to the top of his head.

Good News Translation
Then Satan left the LORD's presence and made sores break out all over Job's body.

International Standard Version
So Satan left the LORD's presence and struck Job with terrible boils from the sole of his feet to the top of his head.

JPS Tanakh 1917
So Satan went forth from the presence of the LORD, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot even unto his crown.

Literal Standard Version
And Satan goes forth from the presence of YHWH, and strikes Job with a severe ulcer from the sole of his foot to his crown.

Majority Standard Bible
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.

New American Bible
So the satan went forth from the presence of the LORD and struck Job with severe boils from the soles of his feet to the crown of his head.

NET Bible
So Satan went out from the presence of the LORD, and he afflicted Job with a malignant ulcer from the sole of his feet to the top of his head.

New Revised Standard Version
So Satan 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.

New Heart English Bible
So Satan went forth from the presence of the LORD, and struck Job with painful boils from the sole of his foot to his head.

Webster's Bible Translation
So Satan went forth from the presence of the LORD, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot to his crown.

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

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.

Additional Translations ...
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Context
Job Loses His Health
6“Very well,” said the LORD to Satan. “He is in your hands, but you must spare his life.” 7So 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. 8And Job took a piece of broken pottery to scrape himself as he sat among the ashes.…

Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:35
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.

2 Samuel 14:25
Now there was not a man in all Israel as handsome and highly praised as Absalom. From the sole of his foot to the top of his head, he did not have a single flaw.

Job 2:6
"Very well," said the LORD to Satan. "He is in your hands, but you must spare his life."

Job 7:5
My flesh is clothed with worms and encrusted with dirt; my skin is cracked and festering.

Job 13:28
So man wastes away like something rotten, like a moth-eaten garment.

Job 30:17
Night pierces my bones, and my gnawing pains never rest.

Job 30:18
With great force He grasps my garment; He seizes me by the collar of my tunic.


Treasury of Scripture

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

So went.

1 Kings 22:22
And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith? And he said, I will go forth, and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt persuade him, and prevail also: go forth, and do so.

sore boils.

Job 30:17-19,30
My bones are pierced in me in the night season: and my sinews take no rest…

Exodus 9:9-11
And it shall become small dust in all the land of Egypt, and shall be a boil breaking forth with blains upon man, and upon beast, throughout all the land of Egypt…

Deuteronomy 28:27,35
The LORD will smite thee with the botch of Egypt, and with the emerods, and with the scab, and with the itch, whereof thou canst not be healed…

from the sole.

Isaiah 1:6
From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises, and putrifying sores: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with ointment.

Isaiah 3:17
Therefore the Lord will smite with a scab the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and the LORD will discover their secret parts.

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Job 2
1. Satan, appearing again before God, obtains further leave to tempt Job.
7. He afflicts him with sore boils.
9. Job reproves his wife, who moved him to curse God.
11. His three friends console with him in silence.














(7) Sore boils.--Supposed to be Elephantiasis, an extreme form of leprosy, in which the skin becomes clotted and hard like an elephant's, with painful cracks and sores underneath.

Verse 7.- So went Satan forth from the presence of the Lord (comp. Job 1:12, ad fin.). Satan, we may be sure, is always anxious to quit the immediate presence o

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
So Satan
הַשָּׂטָ֔ן (haś·śā·ṭān)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 7854: An opponent -- Satan, the arch-enemy of good

went out
וַיֵּצֵא֙ (way·yê·ṣê)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3318: To go, bring, out, direct and proxim

from the presence
פְּנֵ֣י (pə·nê)
Noun - common plural construct
Strong's 6440: The face

of the LORD
יְהוָ֑ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

and infected
וַיַּ֤ךְ (way·yaḵ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5221: To strike

Job
אִיּוֹב֙ (’î·yō·wḇ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 347: Job -- a patriarch

with terrible
רָ֔ע (rā‘)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 7451: Bad, evil

boils
בִּשְׁחִ֣ין (biš·ḥîn)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 7822: Inflammation, an ulcer

from the soles
מִכַּ֥ף (mik·kap̄)
Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 3709: Hollow or flat of the hand, palm, sole (of the foot), a pan

of his feet
רַגְל֖וֹ (raḡ·lōw)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 7272: A foot, a step, the pudenda

to
וְעַ֥ד (wə·‘aḏ)
Conjunctive waw | Preposition
Strong's 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while

the crown of his head.
קָדְקֳדֽוֹ׃ (qā·ḏə·qo·ḏōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 6936: Head, crown of the head


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