Job 1:12

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And the Lord said to the Satan, See, I give all he has into your hands, only do not put a finger on the man himself. And the Satan went out from before the Lord.

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  • Gen 16:6 : 6 And Abram said, The woman is in your power; do with her whatever seems good to you. And Sarai was cruel to her, so that she went running away from her.
  • 1 Kgs 22:23 : 23 And now, see, the Lord has put a spirit of deceit in the mouth of all these your prophets; and the Lord has said evil against you.
  • 2 Cor 12:7 : 7 And because the revelations were so very great, in order that I might not be overmuch lifted up, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, one sent from Satan to give me pain.
  • Job 2:4-7 : 4 And the Satan said in answer to the Lord, Skin for skin, all a man has he will give for his life. 5 But now, if you only put your hand on his bone and his flesh, he will certainly be cursing you to your face. 6 And the Lord said to the Satan, See, he is in your hands, only do not take his life. 7 And the Satan went out from before the Lord, and sent on Job an evil disease covering his skin from his feet to the top of his head.
  • Ps 76:10 : 10 The ... will give you praise; the rest of ...
  • Isa 27:8 : 8 Your anger against her has been made clear by driving her away; he has taken her away with his storm-wind in the day of his east wind.
  • Jer 38:5 : 5 Then Zedekiah the king said, See, he is in your hands: for the king was not able to do anything against them.
  • Luke 8:32-33 : 32 Now there was a great herd of pigs in that place, getting food on the mountain: and the evil spirits made a request to him that he would let them go into the pigs, and he let them. 33 And the evil spirits came out of the man and went into the pigs: and the herd went rushing down a sharp slope into the water and came to destruction.
  • Luke 22:31-32 : 31 Simon, Simon, Satan has made a request to have you, so that he may put you to the test as grain is tested: 32 But I have made prayer for you, that your faith may not go from you: and when you are turned again, make your brothers strong.
  • John 3:35-36 : 35 The Father has love for the Son and has put all things into his hands. 36 He who has faith in the Son has eternal life; but he who has not faith in the Son will not see life; God's wrath is resting on him.
  • John 19:11 : 11 Jesus gave this answer: You would have no power at all over me if it was not given to you by God; so that he who gave me up to you has the greater sin.
  • 1 Cor 10:13 : 13 You have been put to no test but such as is common to man: and God is true, who will not let any test come on you which you are not able to undergo; but he will make with the test a way out of it, so that you may be able to go through it.

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  • Job 1:5-11
    7 verses
    87%

    5 And at the end of their days of feasting, Job sent and made them clean, getting up early in the morning and offering burned offerings for them all. For, Job said, It may be that my sons have done wrong and said evil of God in their hearts. And Job did this whenever the feasts came round.

    6 And there was a day when the sons of the gods came together before the Lord, and the Satan came with them.

    7 And the Lord said to the Satan, Where do you come from? And the Satan said in answer, From wandering this way and that on the earth, and walking about on it.

    8 And the Lord said to the Satan, Have you taken note of my servant Job, for there is no one like him on the earth, a man without sin and upright, fearing God and keeping himself far from evil?

    9 And the Satan said in answer to the Lord, Is it for nothing that Job is a god-fearing man?

    10 Have you yourself not put a wall round him and his house and all he has on every side, blessing the work of his hands, and increasing his cattle in the land?

    11 But now, put out your hand against all he has, and he will be cursing you to your face.

  • Job 2:1-8
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    85%

    1 And there was a day when the sons of the gods came together before the Lord, and the Satan came with them.

    2 And the Lord said to the Satan, Where do you come from? And the Satan said in answer, From wandering this way and that on the earth, and walking about on it.

    3 And the Lord said to the Satan, Have you taken note of my servant Job, for there is no one like him on the earth, a man without sin and upright, fearing God and keeping himself far from evil? and he still keeps his righteousness, though you have been moving me to send destruction on him without cause.

    4 And the Satan said in answer to the Lord, Skin for skin, all a man has he will give for his life.

    5 But now, if you only put your hand on his bone and his flesh, he will certainly be cursing you to your face.

    6 And the Lord said to the Satan, See, he is in your hands, only do not take his life.

    7 And the Satan went out from before the Lord, and sent on Job an evil disease covering his skin from his feet to the top of his head.

    8 And he took a broken bit of a pot, and, seated in the dust, was rubbing himself with the sharp edge of it.

  • 13 And there was a day when his sons and daughters were feasting in the house of their oldest brother,

  • 2 And the Lord said to the Satan, May the Lord's word be sharp against you, O Satan, the word of the Lord who has taken Jerusalem for himself: is this not a burning branch pulled out of the fire?

  • 12 If he puts out his hand to take, by whom may it be turned back? who may say to him, What are you doing?

  • Luke 4:6-7
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    68%

    6 And the Evil One said, I will give you authority over all these, and the glory of them, for it has been given to me, and I give it to anyone at my pleasure.

    7 If then you will give worship to me, it will all be yours.

  • 1 And Job said in answer to the Lord,

  • 31 Simon, Simon, Satan has made a request to have you, so that he may put you to the test as grain is tested:

  • 6 Put an evil man over him; and let one be placed at his right hand to say evil of him.

  • 9 Is not all the land before you? then let us go our separate ways: if you go to the left, I will go to the right; or if you take the right, I will go to the left.

  • 16 And this one was still talking when another came, and said, The fire of God came down from heaven, burning up the sheep and the goats and the young men completely, and I was the only one who got away safe to give you the news.

  • Matt 4:9-10
    2 verses
    67%

    9 And he said to him, All these things will I give you, if you will go down on your face and give me worship.

    10 Then said Jesus to him, Away, Satan: for it is in the Writings, Give worship to the Lord your God and be his servant only.

  • Job 1:21-22
    2 verses
    67%

    21 With nothing I came out of my mother's body, and with nothing I will go back there; the Lord gave and the Lord has taken away; let the Lord's name be praised.

    22 In all this Job did no sin, and did not say that God's acts were foolish.

  • 7 If you do well, will you not have honour? and if you do wrong, sin is waiting at the door, desiring to have you, but do not let it be your master.

  • Job 42:7-8
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    67%

    7 And it came about, after he had said these words to Job, that the Lord said to Eliphaz the Temanite, I am very angry with you and your two friends, because you have not said what is right about me, as my servant Job has.

    8 And now, take seven oxen and seven sheep, and go to my servant Job, and give a burned offering for yourselves, and my servant Job will make prayer for you, that I may not send punishment on you; because you have not said what is right about me, as my servant Job has.

  • 13 So that you are turning your spirit against God, and letting such words go out of your mouth?

  • 27 But no one is able to go into the house of the strong man and take his goods, without first putting cords round the strong man, and then he will take his goods.

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    12 And see, my father, see the skirt of your robe in my hand: for the fact that I took off the skirt of your robe and did not put you to death is witness that I have no evil purpose, and I have done you no wrong, though you are waiting for my life to take it.

    13 May the Lord be judge between me and you, and may the Lord give me my rights against you, but my hand will never be lifted up against you.

  • 18 And this one was still talking when another came, and said, Your sons and your daughters were feasting together in their oldest brother's house,

  • 1 Now Satan, designing evil against Israel, put into David's mind the impulse to take the number of Israel.