Job 2:4 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

Job 2:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Skin for skin - This is a proverbial expression, whose origin is unknown, nor is its meaning as “a proverb” entirely clear. The general sense of the passage here is plain, for it is immediately e...
Job 2:4 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And Satan answered the LORD, and said, (e) Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life. (e) By this he means that a man's own skin is dearer to him than another man's.
Job 2:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Narrative of the Second Conversation between Yahweh and the Satan and its Issues. Again the heavenly council comes together, and Yahweh reproaches the Satan with instigating Him to bring undese...
Job 2:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Skin. Figure of speech Synecdoche (of Part), App-6, one part of the body put for the whole. life . soul. Hebrew. nephesh. App-13.
Job 2:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And Satan answered the LORD, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life. Skin for skin - That is, A man will part with all he has in the world to save his life; and h...
Job 2:4 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Skin for skin— A proverbial expression, to denote the great value in which life is held; insomuch that a man, to preserve it, would suffer even his skin to be torn off. It may signify also, that a...
Job 2:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And Satan answered the LORD, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life. Skin for skin - a proverb. Supply "He will give". The skin is figurative for any outw...
Job 2:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Prologue (continued) Job's second trial. He refuses to renounce God when afflicted with an excruciating disease. Three friends come to comfort him.
Job 2:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Skin for skin. — This is a more extreme form of the insinuation of Job 1:9 . He means Job takes care to have his quid pro quo; and if the worst come to the worst, a man will give up everything t...
Job 2:4 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

V. THE DILEMMA OF FAITH Job 2:1-13 As the drama proceeds to unfold the conflict between Divine grace in the human soul and those chaotic influences which hold the mind in doubt or drag it back...
Job 2:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“Among the Ashes” Job 2:1-13 It gives God deep pleasure when He can point to one of His servants who has borne fiery trial with unwavering patience and faith. The adversary comes back from his...
Job 2:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Again the solemn council met, and again Satan was present. The Most High uttered the same estimate of His servant as before, adding thereto a declaration of Job's victory in the conflict which had ta...
Job 2:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(2) And the LORD said unto Satan, From whence comest thou? And Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it. (3) And the LORD said unto Sa...
Job 2:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Satan answered the Lord, and said ,.... Satan would not as yet own that Job was the man the Lord had described; but still would suggest, that he was a selfish and mercenary man, and that what ha...
Job 2:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And Satan answered the LORD, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life. Ver. 4. And Satan answered the Lord ] This impudent adversary had yet an answer in his mou...
Job 2:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Skin for skin , &c. The design of these words is plain, which was to detract from Job, and to diminish that honour and praise which God gave him, by pretending that he had done no more than the...
Job 2:4 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

SATAN INFLICTS BODILY SUFFERING ON HIM (vv.1-10), Another day comes when Satan presents himself to God among the sons of God, and his response to God's first question was the same as in Chapter...
Job 2:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Satan Again Permitted to Afflict Job. B. C. 1520. 1 Again there was a day when the sons...
Job 2:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The design of these words is plain, which is to detract from Job, and to diminish that honour and praise which God gave to Job, by pretending that he had done no more than the meanest men commonly do...
Job 2:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Notes Job 2:4 . “ Skin for skin; yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life .” The expression “skin for skin” acknowledged to be a proverbial one. Its precise meaning not so obvious, thou...
Job 2:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 2:1 . There was a day when the sons of God &c. As on the former chapter, Job 2:6 . Job 2:4 . Skin for skin. Septuagint, “skin after skin.” Men's riches in the first periods of society...
Job 2:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

And Satan came also among them. Spiritual agencies, good and evil, in sickness This is one of those mysterious Chapter s of Holy Scripture wherein God hath graciously vouchsafed, for the streng...
Job 2:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Job 2:1-18 This chapter concludes the "Introductory section." It consists of three parts. Job 2:1-18 contain an account of Satan's second appearance in the courts of heaven, an...
Job 2:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Job Stricken with a Severe Disease
Job 2:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 27:18 ; Acts 27:19 ; Esther 7:3 ; Esther 7:4 ; Isaiah 2:20 ; Isaiah 2:21 ; Jeremiah 41:8 ; Matthew 16:26 ; Matthew 6:25 ; Philippians 3:8-10
Job 2:4 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Heaven's Controversy Concerning Job Job 2:1-9 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. God's everlasting eye watches over His children. When Satan made his second entrance into the presence of God, he discovered...
Job 2:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Skin, &c. — The sense is, this is so far from being an evidence of Job's sincere and generous piety, that it is only an act of mere self — love; he is contented with the loss of his estate, and...

Job 2:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Job 2:4 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Job 2:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Job 2:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Job 2:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Job 2:4 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Job 2:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Job 2:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Job 2:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Job 2:4 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Job 2:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Job 2:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Job 2:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Job 2:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Job 2:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Job 2:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 2:4 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Job 2:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Job 2:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Job 2:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Job 2:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 2:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

Job 2:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Job 2:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Job 2:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Job 2:4 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Job 2:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes