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Job 2:4

Satan
Suffering

2 “Where have you come from?” said the LORD to Satan. “From roaming through the earth,” he replied, “and walking back and forth in it.”

3 Then the LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job? For there is no one on earth like him, a man who is blameless and upright, who fears God and shuns evil. He still retains his integrity, even though you incited Me against him to ruin him without cause.”

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

5 But stretch out Your hand and strike his flesh and bones, and he will surely curse You to Your face.”

6 “Very well,” said the LORD to Satan. “He is in your hands, but you must spare his life.”

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
“Skin for skin!” Satan replied. “A man will give up all he owns in exchange for his life.
KJV
And Satan answered the LORD, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life.
WEB
Satan answered the LORD, and said, “Skin for skin. Yes, all that a man has he will give for his life.
ASV
And Satan answered Jehovah, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life.
DARBY
And Satan answered Jehovah and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life;
BLB
But Satan answered YHWH and said, “Skin for skin—and all that [is] unto the man, he will give for his life.
ÅB
Men Satan svarte Herren: Hud for hud, men alt det en mann har, gir han for sitt liv.
OTB
Satan svarte Herren: «Hud for hud! Ja, en mann vil gi alt han har for sitt eget liv.
B1930
Men Satan svarte Herren: Hud for hud, men alt det en mann har, gir han for sitt liv.

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Cross references

  • 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

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  • 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?

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  • 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?

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • Acts 27:18–19

    We were tossed so violently that the next day the men began to jettison the cargo.

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