So went Satan forth from the presence of the LORD, and smote Job with sore (h) boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.
(h) This sore was most vehement, with which God also plagued the Egyptians, (Exodus 9:9) and threatened to punish rebellious people, (Deuteronomy 28:27) so that this temptation was most grievous: for if Job had measured God's favour by the vehemency of his disease, he might have thought that God had cast him off.