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

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

Skin for skin — This is a proverbial expression, whose origin is unknown, nor is its meaning as a “proverb” entirely clear. The gen…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

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 p…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

And Satan answered the Lord, and said
Satan would not as yet own that Job was the man the Lord had described; but st…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

How good it is for us that neither men nor devils are to be our judges! But all our judgment comes from the Lord, who never errs. Job still holds f…

Thomas Aquinas

Thomas Aquinas

ThomasAquinas

13th Century
Catholic
13th Century

There are three kinds of human goods: those of the soul, of the body, and external things. These goods are ordered in such a way that the body exis…

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