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.
Parallel translations
- WEB So Satan went out from the presence of Yahweh, and struck Job with painful sores from the sole of his foot to his head.
- KJV 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.
- NKJV 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.
- NASB 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.
- NLT So Satan left the Lord’s presence, and he struck Job with terrible boils from head to foot.
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Quick answer
Satan strikes Job with painful sores over his whole body. Job now endures excruciating physical suffering.
Overview
From head to foot Job is covered in agonizing sores, the third great blow following loss of wealth and children. The affliction is total and relentless, testing his faith to its limit. The scene of an innocent man wracked with bodily torment foreshadows the suffering of the sinless Christ.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 10
- Deut 28:35The 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 30:30My skin grows black and peels, and my bones burn with fever.
- Isa 1:6From 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.
- Deut 28:27The LORD will afflict you with the boils of Egypt, with tumors and scabs and itch from which you cannot be cured.
- Job 7:5My flesh is clothed with worms and encrusted with dirt; my skin is cracked and festering.
- 1 Kgs 22:22And 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.’
- Exod 9:9–11It will become fine dust over all the land of Egypt, and festering boils will break out on man and beast throughout the land.”
- Rev 16:11and curse the God of heaven for their pains and sores; yet they did not repent of their deeds.
- Job 30:17–19Night pierces my bones, and my gnawing pains never rest.
- Isa 3:17the Lord will bring sores on the heads of the daughters of Zion, and the LORD will make their foreheads bare.”
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