Keil and Delitzsch Commentary - Job 2:6 - 2:6

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Keil and Delitzsch Commentary - Job 2:6 - 2:6


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The Grant of New Power:

6 And Jehovah said to Satan, Behold, he is in thy hand; only take care of his life.

Job has not forfeited his life; permission is given to place it in extreme peril, and nothing more, in order to see whether or not, in the face of death, he will deny the God who has decreed such heavy affliction for him. נֶפֶשׁ does not signify the same as חַיִּים; it is the soul producing the spirit-life of man. We must, however, translate “life,” because we do not use “soul” in the sense of ψυχή, anima.