Job 1:11 (LSB)

Passage

But send forth Your hand now and touch all that he has; he will surely curse You to Your face.”

Nearby Context

Job 1:9 And Satan answered Yahweh and said, “Does Job fear God without cause?

Job 1:10 Have You not made a hedge about him and his house and all that he has, on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land.

Job 1:11 But send forth Your hand now and touch all that he has; he will surely curse You to Your face.”

Job 1:12 Then Yahweh said to Satan, “Behold, all that he has is in your hand, only do not send forth your hand toward him.” So Satan went out from the presence of Yahweh.

Job 1:13 Now it happened that on the day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in the house of their brother, the firstborn,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "send", "forth", "hand", "touch", "surely", "curse", and "face". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "send" and "forth", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 10's "Have You not made a hedge about..." into verse 12's "Then Yahweh said to Satan Behold all...", so "send" and "forth" belong inside that flow. In Job context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "send" and "forth" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.