Job 2:4

And the devil answered and said to the Lord, 1 Skin for skin, 1 All that a man has will he give as a ransom for his life. 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

And Satan answered the LORD, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life.

In Context

3And the Lord said to the devil, 1 Hast thou then observed my servant Job, 1 That there is none of men upon the earth like him, 1 A harmless, true, blameless, godly man, 1 Abstaining from all evil? 1 And he yet cleaves to innocence, 1 Whereas thou hast told me to destroy his substance without cause? 1

5Nay, but put forth thy hand, and touch his bones and his flesh: 1 Verily he will curse thee to thy face. 1

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Cross References

Genesis 47:17And they brought their cattle to Joseph; and Joseph gave them bread in return for their horses, and for their sheep, and for their oxen, and for their asses; and Joseph maintained them with bread for all their cattle in that year.

Joshua 9:24And they answered Joshua, saying, It was reported to us what the Lord thy God charged his servant Moses, to give you this land, and to destroy us and all that dwelt on it from before you; and we feared very much for our lives because of you, and therefore we did this thing.

Isaiah 2:20For in that day a man shall cast forth his silver and gold abominations, which they made in order to worship vanities and bats;

Matthew Henry on Job 2:2-7

Satan Again Permitted to Afflict Job. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord , and Satan came also among them to present himself before the Lord . 2 And the Lord said unto Satan, From whence comest thou? And Satan answered the Lord , and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it. 3 And the Lord said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright… Read the whole commentary →

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