He didn't do anything to him, but he did prove Satan wrong.
She told Job's wife to curse God and Die,and Satan wanted Job to do that all along
In a test of Job's faith, God told Satan to perform any evil he wishes on the family and property of Job, as long as he does no harm to Job. Job did nothing to blame God for these misfortunes, although Satan said that God had caused him to destroy Job without reason. God then commanded a second test in which Satan could even harm Job himself, as long as he spared his life. Satan gave Job boils all over his body. Job cursed his day.
A:In Job chapter 1, God had challenged Satan to attempt to make Job sin by cursing God, saying that Satan could do any evil he wished against Job, as long as he did not harm his person. When Satan returned, he had lost the bet because Job had refused to curse God no matter what was done to him. In Chapter 2 verses 4 and 5, Satan says that any man would do whatever he must to save his own life, and if you harm Job's person, he would surely curse God. God replied by giving Satan a new challenge - he could harm Job's person as long as he allows Job to live.
A:In Job chapter 1, God challenged Satan to attempt to make Job sin by cursing God, saying that Satan could do any evil he wished against Job, as long as he did not harm his person. When Satan returned, he had lost the bet because Job had refused to curse God no matter what was done to him. In Chapter 2 verses 4 and 5, Satan says that any man would do whatever he must to save his own life, and if you harm Job's person, he would surely curse God. God replied by giving Satan a new challenge - he could harm Job's person as long as he allows Job to live.
Another answer from our community: He didn't. God, by definition, knew the faithfulness of Job. The enemy wanted to destroy Job so he could "throw it in the face" of God. When you read Job it becomes apparent that God had blessed Job with family and financially. The enemy said Job was a fake and thought that if he could take these things from Job he would be able to prove that Job was a fake. The enemy was wrong.
In the Book of Job, Satan had nothing much to do, so God gave him the challenge to put Job to the test. The challenge was that Satan could do any evil that he wished, as long as he did not harm Job. When Satan was unable to have Job curse God, God gave him another, easier challenge in which Satan could now harm Job himself. So, God initiated the challenges and Satan carried them out.
What you are thinking of is Job and actually not Jacob i believe. His wife told him to curse God and die. I don't remember anything like this to do wih Jacob in my reading 2 God gave Satan permission to try Job's faith by inflicting upon him many trials. He lost all of his sons and all of his property. God did not give Satan permission to take Job's life. After his trials Job was rewarded ten fold.
Job:2:9: Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? curse God, and die. His wife was not killed as a part of Satan's test.
First of all, In the Hebrew scriptures, it's not Satan: it's "the adversary" (the hebrew word for "the adversary" is ha-sah-tan).Second, Jewish scriptures don't translate anything in the book of Job as cursing G-d, so you would need to provide the verse you're talking about.However in two distinct verses, Job 1:11 and 2:5, the Satan does suggest to God that Job will curse God. In those passages the phrase used is "he will surely curse you to your face" which is in Hebrew "im-lo al-panekha y'varakheka" (אִם־לֹ֥א עַל־פָּנֶ֖יךָ יְבָרֲכֶֽךָּ).
No, it was Job's wife that told him to curse God. " Job 2:9 - Then his wife said to him, "Do you still hold fast to your integrity? Curse God and die!" [NKJV]
In the book of Job in the Bible, Job's wife tells him to "curse God and die."Job 2:9 - Then his wife said to him, "Do you still hold fast to your integrity? Curse God and die!" [NKJV]
God allowed Satan to afflict Job in many ways in order to test his faithfulness. During the second trial, God did not allow Satan to take Job's life.