Job 1:12, 2:6 | JFB | STEP | 12. in thy power —Satan has no power against man till God gives it. God would not touch Job with His own hand, though Satan asks this ( , "thine"), but He allows the enemy to do so. . JOB, IN AFFLICTION, BLESSES GOD , &c.

Job 1:12

12. in thy power—Satan has no power against man till God gives it. God would not touch Job with His own hand, though Satan asks this (Job 1:11, "thine"), but He allows the enemy to do so.

Job 1:13-22. JOB, IN AFFLICTION, BLESSES GOD, &c.

Job 2:6

6. but save—rather, "only spare his life." Satan shows his ingenuity in inflicting pain, and also his knowledge of what man's body can bear without vital injury.