Job 2:4

And HaSatan answered Hashem, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that an ish hath will he give for his nefesh.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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 Hashem said unto HaSatan, Hast thou considered in your meditation Avdi (My Servant) Iyov, that there is none like him in ha'aretz, ish tam and yashar, yire Elohim, and shunning rah? And still he holdeth fast his integrity, although thou inciteth Me against him, to ruin him for no reason.

5But stretch forth Thine yad now, and touch his etzem and his basar, and he will curse Thee to Thy face.

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Cross References

Genesis 47:17And they brought their mikneh unto Yosef; and Yosef gave them lechem in exchange for susim, and for the tzon, and for the mikneh of the bakar, and for the chamorim; and he fed them lechem for all their mikneh for that year.

Joshua 9:24And they answered Yehoshua, and said, Because it was certainly told thy avadim, how that Hashem Eloheicha commanded His Eved Moshe to give you kol HaAretz, and to destroy all the inhabitants of HaAretz from before you, therefore we were greatly afraid for nafshoteinu because of you, so we have done this thing.

Esther 7:3Then Ester HaMalkah answered and said, If I have found chen (favor) in thy sight, O HaMelech, and if it is tov to HaMelech, let nafshi (my life) be given me at my she'elah (petition), and my Am at my bakash (request);

Isaiah 2:20In Yom Hahu a man shall cast 1 his elilei kesef, and his elilei zahav, 1 which they made each one for himself to worship, 1 to the moles and to the bats; 1

Matthew 6:25Therefore, I say to you, Do not have a LEV ROGEZ + 6:25 LEV ROGEZ in verses 25, 27, 31, 34, see Dt 28:65 (anxious heart) about your life, what you might wear or what you might drink, nor for your basar, what you might put on. Is not life more than okhel (food) and basar more than malbush (clothing)?

Luke 12:23For the neshamah is more than okhel and the basar more than gartel (belt) and shtreimel (expensive hat). + 12:23 Gn 47:18; Ps 16:9-10; Job 19:25,27; Isa 53:11

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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