Job 2:4
What does Job 2:4 mean?
A plain-English look at Job 2:4 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And Satan answered Jehovah, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And Satan answered the Lord, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And Satan answered Jehovah, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And the Satan said in answer to the Lord, Skin for skin, all a man has he will give for his life.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And the Adversary answereth Jehovah and saith, `A skin for a skin, and all that a man hath he doth give for his life.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And Satan answered, and said: Skin for skin; and all that a man hath, he will give for his life:
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And Satan answered Jehovah and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life;
Context
v.3And Jehovah said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job? for there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and turneth away from evil: and he still holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroy him without cause.
v.4This passage
v.5But put forth thy hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will renounce thee to thy face.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Matthew 16:26
For what shall a man be profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and forfeit his life? or what shall a man give in exchange for his life?
- Jeremiah 41:8
But ten men were found among them that said unto Ishmael, Slay us not; for we have stores hidden in the field, of wheat, and of barley, and of oil, and of honey. So he forbare, and slew them not among their brethren.
- Acts 27:18
And as we labored exceedingly with the storm, the next day they began to throw the freight overboard;
- Esther 7:3
Then Esther the queen answered and said, If I have found favor 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:
- Philippians 3:8
Yea verily, and I count all things to be loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but refuse, that I may gain Christ,
- Matthew 6:25
Therefore I say unto you, Be not anxious 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 the food, and the body than the raiment?
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