Job

Job 2:6–8

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.

Read all of Job 2

Word by word

Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.

Job 2:6

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
Very wellהִנּ֣וֹhin·nōwInterjection; third person masculine singularH2005 lo! behold
saidוַיֹּ֧אמֶרway·yō·merConjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularH559 utter, say
the LORDיְהוָ֛הYah·wehNoun - proper - masculine singularH3068 Yahweh
to Satanהַשָּׂטָ֖ןhaś·śā·ṭānArticle; Noun - masculine singularH7854 adversary
He is in your handsבְיָדֶ֑ךָḇə·yā·ḏe·ḵāPreposition-b; Noun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine singularH3027 hand
butאַ֖ךְ’aḵAdverbH389 surely
you must spareשְׁמֹֽר׃šə·mōrVerb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singularH8104 keep, watch, preserve
his lifeנַפְשׁ֥וֹnap̄·šōwNoun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine singularH5315 soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, appetite, emotion, and passion

Job 2:7

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
So Satanהַשָּׂטָ֔ןhaś·śā·ṭānArticle; Noun - masculine singularH7854 adversary
went outוַיֵּצֵא֙way·yê·ṣêConjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularH3318 go or come out
from the presenceפְּנֵ֣יpə·nêNoun - common plural constructH6440 face, before
of the LORDיְהוָ֑הYah·wehNoun - proper - masculine singularH3068 Yahweh
and infectedוַיַּ֤ךְway·yaḵConjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularH5221 smite
Jobאִיּוֹב֙’î·yō·wḇNoun - proper - masculine singularH347 Job
with terribleרָ֔עrā‘Adjective - masculine singularH7451 bad, evil
boilsבִּשְׁחִ֣יןbiš·ḥînPreposition-b; Noun - masculine singularH7822 boil
from the solesמִכַּ֥ףmik·kap̄Preposition-m; Noun - feminine singular constructH3709 hollow, or flat of the hand, palm, sole of foot, pan
of his feetרַגְל֖וֹraḡ·lōwNoun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine singularH7272 foot
toעַדʿaḏConjunctive waw; PrepositionH5704 as far as, even to, up to, until, while
the crown of his headקָדְקֳדֽוֹ׃qā·ḏə·qo·ḏōwNoun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singularH6936 head, crown of head

Job 2:8

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
And Job tookוַיִּֽקַּֽח־way·yiq·qaḥ-Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularH3947 take
a piece of broken potteryחֶ֔רֶשׂḥe·reśNoun - masculine singularH2789 earthenware, earthen vessel, sherd, potsherd
to scrapeלְהִתְגָּרֵ֖דlə·hiṯ·gā·rêḏPreposition-l; Verb - Hitpael - Infinitive constructH1623 scrape, scratch
himselfבּ֑וֹbōwPreposition; third person masculine singular
as heוְה֖וּאwə·hūConjunctive waw; Pronoun - third person masculine singularH1931 he, she
satיֹשֵׁ֥בyō·šêḇVerb - Qal - Participle - masculine singularH3427 sit, remain, dwell
amongבְּתוֹךְ־bə·ṯō·wḵ-Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular constructH8432 midst
the ashesהָאֵֽפֶר׃hā·’ê·p̄erArticle; Noun - masculine singularH665 ashes

Cross-references

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Job 2:6 1 Corinthians 10:13 · Luke 22:31–32 · Job 1:12 · Revelation 2:10

Job 2:7 Deuteronomy 28:35 · Job 30:30 · Isaiah 1:6 · Deuteronomy 28:27 · Job 7:5

Job 2:8 Job 42:6 · Jonah 3:6 · Ezekiel 27:30 · Matthew 11:21 · Luke 16:20–21 · Psalm 38:5 · 2 Samuel 13:19 · Psalm 38:7 · Job 19:14–17 · Jeremiah 6:26

Cross-references from OpenBible.info, used under CC BY 4.0. The best-supported references for each verse are shown.

Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.