Job
Job 2:4
4“Skin for skin!” Satan replied. “A man will give up all he owns in exchange for his life.
Word by word
Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skin | ע֣וֹר | ‘ō·wr | Noun - masculine singular | H5785 skin |
| for | בְּעַד־ | bə·‘aḏ- | Preposition | H1157 separation |
| skin | ע֗וֹר | ‘ō·wr | Noun - masculine singular | H5785 skin |
| Satan | הַשָּׂטָ֛ן | haś·śā·ṭān | Article; Noun - masculine singular | H7854 adversary |
| replied | וַיַּ֧עַן | way·ya·‘an | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H6030 answer, respond |
| A man | לָאִ֔ישׁ | lā·’îš | Preposition-l, Article; Noun - masculine singular | H376 man |
| will give up | יִתֵּ֖ן | yit·tên | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | H5414 give, put, set |
| all | וְכֹל֙ | wə·ḵōl | Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular | H3605 the whole, all |
| he owns | אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ’ă·šer | Pronoun - relative | H834 particle of relation |
| in exchange for | בְּעַ֥ד | bə·‘aḏ | Preposition | H1157 separation |
| his life | נַפְשֽׁוֹ׃ | nap̄·šōw | Noun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine singular | H5315 soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, appetite, emotion, and passion |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Philippians 3:8–10 · Matthew 6:25 · Matthew 16:26 · Jeremiah 41:8 · Esther 7:3–4
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.