Job 2:4

Then the accuser answered Yahweh, and said, Skin for skin, and so, all that a man hath, will he give for his life.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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 Yahweh said unto the accuser, Hast thou applied thy heart unto my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a man blameless and upright, one who revereth God, and avoideth evil; and still he is holding fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to swallow him up without cause.

5In very deed, put forth, I pray thee thy hand, and smite unto his bone, and unto his flesh,—verily, unto thy face, will he curse thee.

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Cross References

Genesis 47:17So they brought in their cattle unto Joseph, and Joseph gave them bread in exchange for the horses and for the cattle of the flock and for the cattle of the herd, and for the asses,—and he provided them with bread for all their cattle, throughout that year.

Joshua 9:24And they responded to Joshua, and said—Because it was, plainly told, thy servants, how that Yahweh thy God had commanded Moses his servant to give unto you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you,—therefore feared we greatly, for our lives, because of you, and did this thing.

Esther 7:3Then answered Esther the queen, and said, If I have found favour in thine eyes, O king, and if, unto the king, it seem good, let my life be granted me, as my petition, and my people, as my request;

Isaiah 2:20In that day shall the son of earth cast his idols of silver, and his idols of gold,—which had been made for him to worship, into the hole of the mice, and to the bats;

Matthew 6:25For this cause, I say unto you: Be not anxious for your life, what ye shall eat [or what ye shall drink],—or for your body, what ye shall put on: Is not, the life, more than, the food? And, the body, than, the raiment?

Luke 12:23For, the life, is more, than the food, and, the body, than, the clothing.

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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