Job 2:4
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)““Skin for skin!” Satan replied. “A man will give up all he owns in exchange for his life.”
A short, plain-language explanation of Job 2:4 goes here — the kind of answer a reader (or an AI assistant) can quote in one breath. Original meaning coming soon.
““Skin for skin!” Satan replied. “A man will give up all he owns in exchange for his life.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And Satan answered the Lord, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And Satan answered Jehovah, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And the Adversary answereth Jehovah and saith, `A skin for a skin, and all that a man hath he doth give for his life.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Job 2:4 — 13 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 47:17So they brought their livestock to Joseph, and he gave them food in exchange for their horses, their flocks and herds, and their donkeys. Throughout that year he provided them with food in exchange for all their livestock.
- Genesis 47:19Why should we perish before your eyes—we and our land as well? Purchase us and our land in exchange for food. Then we, along with our land, will be slaves to Pharaoh. Give us seed that we may live and not die, and that the land may not become desolate.”
- Joshua 9:24The Gibeonites answered, “Your servants were told clearly that the LORD your God had commanded His servant Moses to give you all the land and wipe out all its inhabitants before you. So we greatly feared for our lives because of you, and that is why we have done this.
- 1 Kings 20:31Then the servants of Ben-hadad said to him, “Look now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful. Let us go out to the king of Israel with sackcloth around our waists and ropes around our heads. Perhaps he will spare your life.”
- Esther 7:3Queen Esther replied, “If I have found favor in your sight, O king, and if it pleases the king, grant me my life as my petition, and the lives of my people as my request.
- Proverbs 13:8Riches may ransom a man’s life, but a poor man hears no threat.
- Isaiah 2:20In that day men will cast away to the moles and bats their idols of silver and gold— the idols they made to worship.
- Jeremiah 41:8But ten of the men among them said to Ishmael, “Do not kill us, for we have hidden treasure in the field—wheat, barley, oil, and honey!” So he refrained from killing them with the others.
- Matthew 6:25Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes?
- Matthew 16:26What will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?
- Luke 12:23For life is more than food, and the body more than clothes.
- Acts 27:18We were tossed so violently that the next day the men began to jettison the cargo.
- Philippians 3:8More than that, I count all things as loss compared to the surpassing excellence of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ
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