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Satan answered Yahweh, and said, "Skin for skin. Yes, all that a man has will he give for his life.
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Commentators explain the ancient proverb "Skin for skin" means a person will give up everything—property, family, etc.—to save their own life. Satan uses this to accuse Job of being utterly selfish, suggesting his faith is merely a form of self-preservation. His service to God, Satan claims, is only a transaction to keep himself safe.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Skin for skin — This is a proverbial expression, whose origin is unknown, nor is its meaning as a “proverb” entirely clear. The gen…
19th Century
Anglican
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…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And Satan answered the Lord, and said Satan would not as yet own that Job was the man the Lord had described; but st…
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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…
13th Century
Catholic
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…
