Job 2:4

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

And Satan {H7854} answered {H6030} the LORD {H3068}, and said {H559}, Skin {H5785} for skin {H5785}, yea, all that a man {H376} hath will he give {H5414} for his life {H5315}.

The Adversary answered ADONAI, "Skin for skin! A person will give up everything he has to save his life.

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

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

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Cross-References

  • Philippians 3:8 (6 votes)

    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,

  • Philippians 3:10 (6 votes)

    That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;

  • Matthew 6:25 (4 votes)

    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?

  • Matthew 16:26 (4 votes)

    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?

  • Jeremiah 41:8 (2 votes)

    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.

  • Esther 7:3 (1 votes)

    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:

  • Esther 7:4 (1 votes)

    For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my tongue, although the enemy could not countervail the king's damage.