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Job 2:4

Satan
Suffering

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 man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? and still he holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroy him without cause.

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

5 But put forth thine hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face.

6 And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thine hand; but save 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

    Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ,

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  • Matthew 6:25

    Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?

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  • Matthew 16:26

    For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?

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  • Jeremiah 41:8

    But ten men were found among them that said unto Ishmael, Slay us not: for we have treasures in the field, of wheat, and of barley, and of oil, and of honey. So he forbare, and slew them not among their brethren.

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  • Esther 7:3–4

    Then Esther the queen answered and said, If I have found favour in thy sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request:

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  • Acts 27:18–19

    And we being exceedingly tossed with a tempest, the next day they lightened the ship;

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