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.
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.
- BSB 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.
- 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
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- Deut 28:35The LORD shall smite thee in the knees, and in the legs, with a sore botch that cannot be healed, from the sole of thy foot unto the top of thy head.
- Job 30:30My skin is black upon me, and my bones are burned with heat.
- Isa 1:6From 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.
- Deut 28:27The 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.
- Job 7:5My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken, and become loathsome.
- 1 Kgs 22:22And 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.
- Exod 9:9–11And 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.
- Rev 16:11And blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, and repented not of their deeds.
- Job 30:17–19My bones are pierced in me in the night season: and my sinews take no rest.
- Isa 3:17Therefore 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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