12 Then the Lord said unto Satan, Lo, all that he hath is in [a]thine hand: only upon himself shalt thou not stretch out thine hand. So Satan departed from the [b]presence of the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 1:12 God giveth not Satan power over man to gratify him, but to declare that he hath no power over man, but that which God giveth him.
  2. Job 1:12 That is, went to execute that which God had permitted him to do: for else he can never go out of God’s presence.

12 The Lord said to Satan, “Very well, then, everything he has(A) is in your power, but on the man himself do not lay a finger.”(B)

Then Satan went out from the presence of the Lord.

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