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Job 2:6 (WEB)
The LORD said to Satan, “Behold, he is in your hand. Only spare his life.”

Fathers and councils · 4

Ambrose of Milan, Concerning Repentance I.13Book I
“For as the Lord did not give power to Satan over the soul of holy Job, but allowed him to afflict his body, so here, too, the sinner is delivered to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the serpent might lick the dust of his flesh, but not hurt his soul.” — editor's note: Job ii. 6.
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Ambrose of Milan, On the Duties of the Clergy I.36Book I
“Was not he most brave in that he bore so nobly the attacks of the devil, and overcame him with the powers of his mind?” — editor's note: Cf. Job i. 12, w. i. 22, and Job ii. 6, w. ii. 10.
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John Cassian, Conferences I–X VII.12Conference VII
“…the blessed Job, though he had received power over his flesh, when the Lord commanded him saying: “Lo, I give him into thine hands: only preserve his soul,” i.e., do not weaken the seat of his soul and make him mad, and overpower the understanding and wisdom of what remains, by smothering the ruling power in his…” — editor's note: Job ii. 6 (LXX.).
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Jerome, Letters Letter 118
“Therefore He said: “Behold he is in thine hand; but save his life.”” — editor's note: Job ii. 6.
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