4"Skin for skin!" Satan replied. "A man will give all he has for his own life.


In Context

1 On another day the angels came to present themselves before the Lord , and Satan also came with them to present himself before him.

2 And the Lord said to Satan, "Where have you come from?" Satan answered the Lord , "From roaming through the earth and going back and forth in it."

3 Then the Lord said to Satan, "Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one on earth like him; he is blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil. And he still maintains his integrity, though you incited me against him to ruin him without any reason."

4 "Skin for skin!" Satan replied. "A man will give all he has for his own life.

5 But stretch out your hand and strike his flesh and bones, and he will surely curse you to your face."

6 The Lord said to Satan, "Very well, then, he is in your hands; but you must spare his life."

Job 2:4 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:4And Satan answered the LORD, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:4And Satan answered, and said: Skin for skin, and all that a man hath he will give for his life:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:4And Satan answered Jehovah, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:4And Satan answered Jehovah and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:4And Satan answered the LORD, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:4And Satan answered the LORD, and said, Skin for skin, even, all that a man hath will he give for his life.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:4Satan answered Yahweh, and said, |Skin for skin. Yes, all that a man has he will give for his life.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:4And the Adversary answereth Jehovah and saith, 'A skin for a skin, and all that a man hath he doth give for his life.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:4And Satan answered the LORD, and said, Skin for skin, yes, all that a man has will he give for his life.