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Job 2:5

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But put forth thine hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face.
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  1. Job 1:11Rank 1 from verse 5
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    11But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face.

  2. Job 1:5Rank 2 from verse 5
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    5And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all: for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually.

  3. Job 19:20–21Rank 3 from verse 5
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    20My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.

    21Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.

  4. Leviticus 24:15Rank 4 from verse 5
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    15And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Whosoever curseth his God shall bear his sin.

  5. Isaiah 8:21Rank 5 from verse 5
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    21And they shall pass through it, hardly bestead and hungry: and it shall come to pass, that when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and curse their king and their God, and look upward.

  6. Job 2:9Rank 6 from verse 5
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    9¶ Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? curse God, and die.

  7. Psalms 32:3–4Rank 7 from verse 5
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    3When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long.

    4For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah.

  8. Psalms 38:2–7Rank 8 from verse 5
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    2For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.

    3There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin.

    4For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.

    5My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness.

    6I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.

    7For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease: and there is no soundness in my flesh.

  9. Psalms 39:10Rank 9 from verse 5
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    10Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thine hand.

  10. 1 Chronicles 21:17Rank 10 from verse 5
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    17And David said unto God, Is it not I that commanded the people to be numbered? even I it is that have sinned and done evil indeed; but as for these sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I pray thee, O Lord my God, be on me, and on my father’s house; but not on thy people, that they should be plagued.

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Job 2:5

COMBINED MEANING

but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

put

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To place, set, lay, appoint, bring into a condition, or cause to be.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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forth

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1. Outward, away, or forward from a place, person, possession, or former position. 2. In constructions of bearing or producing, into birth, growth, fruit, or another stated result. 3. With verbs such as put, stretch, spread, or reach, outward by extension or exertion. 4. In constructions of showing, speaking, issuing, or displaying, into view, expression, publication, or effect. 5. Onward from a stated time or point, as in from that time forth.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

hand

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Sense 1: The part of the body at the end of the arm. Sense 2: Figuratively, power, possession, aid, or agency.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

flesh

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Sense 1: The soft substance of the body. Sense 2: The body, human nature, kindred, or mankind.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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curse

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Sense 1: A pronouncement, sentence, or imposed condition of evil, loss, or judgment; an oath invoking such a penalty. Sense 2: As a verb, to pronounce judgment or evil upon, condemn, or revile.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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face

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The front of the head and its countenance or expression; the front, surface, outward appearance, presence, view, or personally known identity of a person, place, or thing.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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2:1AGAIN there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan came also among them to present himself before the Lord.

2:2And the Lord said unto Satan, From whence comest thou? And Satan answered the Lord, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.

2:3And the Lord said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? and still he holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroy him without cause.

2:4And Satan answered the Lord, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life.

2:5But put forth thine hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face.

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2:6And the Lord said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thine hand; but save his life.

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