So went Satan forth from the presence of the LORD, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.
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The devil tempts his own children, and draws them to sin, and afterwards torments, when he has brought them to ruin; but this child of God he tormented with affliction, and then tempted to make a bad use of his affliction. He provoked Job to curse God.