Job 2:6

Job · Old Testament · Chapter 2

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

What Does Job 2:6 Mean?

Job 2:6 is found in the book of Job, chapter 2, verse 6 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.

Cross-References (20)

These passages are connected to Job 2:6 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.

1 Corinthians 5:5“To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.”Luke 12:23“The life is more than meat, and the body is more than raiment.”1 Corinthians 10:13“There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.”Luke 22:31“And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat:”Revelation 9:5“And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months: and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man.”Job 1:12“And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, all that he hath is in thy power; only upon himself put not forth thine hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of the LORD.”Revelation 2:10“Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.”Job 38:11“And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?”Mark 9:20“And they brought him unto him: and when he saw him, straightway the spirit tare him; and he fell on the ground, and wallowed foaming.”Mark 5:13“And forthwith Jesus gave them leave. And the unclean spirits went out, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the sea, (they were about two thousand;) and were choked in the sea.”Genesis 16:6“But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid is in thy hand; do to her as it pleaseth thee. And when Sarai dealt hardly with her, she fled from her face.”Deuteronomy 28:35“The LORD shall smite thee in the knees, and in the legs, with a sore botch that cannot be healed, from the sole of thy foot unto the top of thy head.”2 Chronicles 18:21“And he said, I will go out, and be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And the Lord said, Thou shalt entice him, and thou shalt also prevail: go out, and do even so.”Job 38:10“And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,”Psalms 78:49“He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels among them.”Luke 4:9“And he brought him to Jerusalem, and set him on a pinnacle of the temple, and said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down from hence:”Luke 8:29“(For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For oftentimes it had caught him: and he was kept bound with chains and in fetters; and he brake the bands, and was driven of the devil into the wilderness.)”Luke 8:32“And there was there an herd of many swine feeding on the mountain: and they besought him that he would suffer them to enter into them. And he suffered them.”2 Timothy 2:26“And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.”Revelation 9:4“And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads.”

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