King James Version
Job 2:7 in the King James Version says “So went Satan forth from the presence of the LORD, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crow...” — study this verse from Job chapter 2 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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.”
Job 2:7 · KJV
But put forth thine hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face.
And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thine hand; but save his life. but: or, only
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.
And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes.
Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? curse God, and die.
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“So went”
H3318to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim
“Satan”
H7854an opponent; especially (with the article prefixed) satan, the arch-enemy of good
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“from the presence”
H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
“of the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“from the sole”
H3709the hollow hand or palm (so of the paw of an animal, of the sole, and even of the bowl of a dish or sling, the handle of a bolt, the leaves of a palm-
“of his foot”
H7272a foot (as used in walking); by implication, a step; by euphemistically the pudenda
as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
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