Job 2:4

Translations

Modern

“Skin for skin!” Satan replied. “A man will give up all he owns in exchange for his life.

Traditional

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

Literal

But Satan answered YHWH and said, “Skin for skin—and all that is unto the man, he will give for his life.

Latin

Cui respondens Satan, ait: Pellem pro pelle, et cuncta quæ habet homo dabit pro anima sua;

Original

Hebrew

English

“Skin for skin!” Satan replied. “A man will give up all he owns in exchange for his life.

Notes

Job 1:1–2:13

God and Satan agree to test Job, which causes his troubles and confirms his integrity (1:20–21; 2:10). None of the book's characters ever learn of this council in heaven.

Theme notes and profiles

Satan Divine Sovereignty and Human Responsibility God or Satan? Jesus and Satan Job’s Innocence

Events

Job's Trialc. 1650 BC

Related verses

Philippians 3:8–10
More 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
Matthew 6:25
Therefore 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 16:26
What 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?
Jeremiah 41:8
But 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.
Esther 7:3–4
Queen 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.
Acts 27:18–19
We were tossed so violently that the next day the men began to jettison the cargo.
Isaiah 2:20–21
In that day men will cast away to the moles and bats their idols of silver and gold—the idols they made to worship.

People

Satan: The adversary, the devil, the tempter of humanity

Glossary

Apocalyptic Book of Job Power Satan Teman (Place)

Topics

False Accusation: Incidents Illustrative of Satan Falsely Accuses Job Falsehood in Impugning Job's Motives for Being Righteous Man: Would Give all his Possessions for the Preservation of Life Motive: Misunderstood: Job's, in his Righteousness Natural Life: The Value of Persecution of the Righteous Satan: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To Temptation: A Test The Devil: Character of Malignant The Devil: Saints: Afflicted By, Only As God Permits

Job 2:4

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