And Satan answered the Lord, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life.
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4 additional translationsAnd Satan answered Jehovah, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life.
“Skin for skin!” Satan replied. “A man will give up all he owns in exchange for his life.
And the Adversary answereth Jehovah and saith, `A skin for a skin, and all that a man hath he doth give for his life.
And Satan answered Jehovah and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life;
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentJob — The canonical wisdom-literature interrogation of undeserved suffering. A prose frame enclosing three cycles of dialogue, a late Elihu interrupt, and a whirlwind theophany that does not answer the question — it relativizes it.
- Author
- Anonymous. Talmudic tradition names Moses (Bava Batra 14b); internal features (patriarchal setting, no Mosaic Law reference, Job sacrificing as family head, *qesitah* currency of Gen 33:19) suggest patriarchal-era composition or at least tradition-origin.
- Date
- Traditional: patriarchal period, c. 2000–1800 BC. Critical proposals scatter across pre-exilic to post-exilic. §7.9 surfaces; Pastor Marc's drawer takes the position.