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.
KJV
Cui respondens Satan, ait : Pellem pro pelle, et cuncta quæ habet homo dabit pro anima sua ;
Vulgate
ὑπολαβὼν δὲ ὁ διάβολος εἶπεν τῷ κυρίῳ Δέρμα ὑπὲρ δέρματος· ὅσα ὑπάρχει ἀνθρώπῳ ὑπὲρ τῆς ψυχῆς αὐτοῦ ἐκτίσει.
LXX
And Satan answered Jehovah, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life.
ASV
וַ/יַּ֧עַן הַ/שָּׂטָ֛ן אֶת יְהוָ֖ה וַ/יֹּאמַ֑ר ע֣וֹר בְּעַד ע֗וֹר וְ/כֹל֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר לָ/אִ֔ישׁ יִתֵּ֖ן בְּעַ֥ד נַפְשֽׁ/וֹ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
בְּעַ֥ד
b'd
adverb · 103×
י
y
noun · 752×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
ם
m
verb · 1995×
נִי
ny
verb · 325×
ע֔וֹר
'vr
noun · 98×
שָּׂטָ֔ן
shtn
noun · 27×
Historic Christian voices
5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
1. I could have wished to know for certain whether any hear with fitting earnestness the things that are said, whether we are not casting the seeds by the wayside: for in that case I should have made my instructions with more cheerfulness. For we shall speak, though no one hear, for the fear which is laid on us by our Saviour. For, says He, testify to this people; even if they …
Is martyrdom an act of virtue? Of what virtue is it the act? The perfection of this act The pain of martyrdom Its cause Article 1. Whether martyrdom is an act of virtue? Objection 1. It seems that martyrdom is not an act of virtue. For all acts of virtue are voluntary. But martyrdom is sometimes not voluntary, as in the case of the Innocents who were slain for Christ's sake, an…
Cross-references
- 1Chr 21:1 — And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel.
- 1Pet 3:10 — For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:
- Acts 27:19 — And the third day we cast out with our own hands the tackling of the ship.
- Esth 7:3 — 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:
- Esth 7:3 — 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:
- Gen 47:19 — Wherefore shall we die before thine eyes, both we and our land? buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants unto Pharaoh: and give us seed, that we may live, and not die, that
- Jer 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 the
- Jer 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 the
- Job 1:12 — And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, all that he hath is in thy power; only upon himself put not forth thine hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of the LORD.
- John 8:44 — Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he
- Luke 12:15 — And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.
- Luke 12:23 — The life is more than meat, and the body is more than raiment.
- Mark 8:36 — For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?
- Matt 4:3 — And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.
- Matt 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 raime
- Matt 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?
- Matt 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?
- Phil 3:7 — But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ.
- Phil 3:8 — 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
- Prov 13:8 — The ransom of a man’s life are his riches: but the poor heareth not rebuke.