Job 2:4 - Forerunner Commentary

Job 2:4

2 And the Lord said to Satan, “From where do you come?” ^aSatan answered the Lord and said, “From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking back and forth on it.”

3 Then the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, ^aa blameless and upright man, one who fears God and shuns evil? And still he ^bholds fast to his integrity, although you incited Me against him, ^cto destroy him without cause.”

4 So Satan answered the Lord and said, “Skin for skin! Yes, all that a man has he will give for his life.

5 ^aBut stretch out Your hand now, and touch his ^bbone and his flesh, and he will surely¹ curse You to Your face!”

6 ^aAnd the Lord said to Satan, “Behold, he is in your hand, but spare his life.”

7 So Satan went out from the presence of the Lord, and struck Job with painful boils ^afrom the sole of his foot to the crown of his head.

8 And he took for himself a potsherd with which to scrape himself ^awhile he sat in the midst of the ashes.

9 Then his wife said to him, “Do you still hold fast to your integrity?¹ Curse God and die!”

10 But he said to her, “You speak as one of the foolish women speaks. ^aShall we indeed accept good from God, and shall we not accept adversity?” ^bIn all this Job did not ^csin with his lips.

Job’s Three Friends

11 Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this adversity that had come upon him, each one came from his own place—Eliphaz the ^aTemanite, Bildad the ^bShuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. For they had made an appointment together to come ^cand mourn with him, and to comfort him.

12 And when they raised their eyes from afar, and did not recognize him, they lifted their voices and wept; and each one tore his robe and ^asprinkled dust on his head toward heaven.

Verse Comparison: Job 2:4

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

Amplified® Bible
Then Satan answered the Lord, Skin for skin! Yes, all that a man has will he give for his life.

Contemporary English Version
Satan answered, "There's no pain like your own. People will do anything to stay alive.

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

Good News Bible
Satan replied, "A person will give up everything in order to stay alive.

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

New American Standard Bible
Satan answered the LORD and said, "Skin for skin! Yes, all that a man has he will give for his life.

New International Version
"Skin for skin!" Satan replied. "A man will give all he has for his own life.

New King James Version
So Satan answered the LORD and said, 'Skin for skin! Yes, all that a man has he will give for his life.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Satan answered the LORD and said, "Skin for skin! Yes, all that a man has he will give for his life.

Revised Standard Version
Then Satan answered the LORD, "Skin for skin! All that a man has he will give for his life.

Young's Literal Translation
And the Adversary answereth Jehovah and saith, `A skin for a skin, and all that a man hath he doth give for his life.

New English Translation
But¹ Satan answered the Lord, “Skin for² skin!³ Indeed, a man will give up⁴ all that he has to save his life!⁵

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