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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
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Study note
Setting — Satan leaves the immediate presence of Yahweh to execute permission granted in Job 2:6. At this moment, divine restraint ends and physical affliction begins against Job.
The words — The text records וַ/יֵּצֵא (va/i.ye.Tze'), translated "and he went out," and וַ/יַּ֤ךְ (va/i.Yakh), translated "and he struck." These verbs frame the narrative movement from divine authorization to direct physical contact.
The thread — The phrase "from the soles of his feet to the crown of his head" echoes the covenant curses in Deuteronomy 28:35 and the comprehensive judgment described in Isaiah 1:6. It also establishes the physical reality that Job later describes in Job 30:30.
Why it lands — The text states that Satan inflicted painful boils covering Job's entire body. A reader must confront the reality that permitted suffering operates under sovereign boundaries.
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The Hebrew words
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.
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.
- Job 30:30 My skin grows black and peels, and my bones burn with fever.
- Isaiah 1:6 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.
- Deuteronomy 28:27 The LORD will afflict you with the boils of Egypt, with tumors and scabs and itch from which you cannot be cured.
- Job 7:5 My flesh is clothed with worms and encrusted with dirt; my skin is cracked and festering.
- Exodus 9:9 It will become fine dust over all the land of Egypt, and festering boils will break out on man and beast throughout the land.”
- 1 Kings 22:22 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.’
- Job 30:17 Night pierces my bones, and my gnawing pains never rest.
- Isaiah 3:17 the Lord will bring sores on the heads of the daughters of Zion, and the LORD will make their foreheads bare.”
- Revelation 16:11 and curse the God of heaven for their pains and sores. Yet they did not repent of their deeds.