And Satan answered the Lord, and said, [a]Skin for skin, and all that ever a man hath, will he give for his life.

But stretch now out thine hand, and touch his [b]bones and his flesh, to see if he will not blaspheme thee to thy face.

Then the Lord said unto Satan, Lo, he is in thine hand, but save [c]his life.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 2:4 Hereby he meant, that a man’s own skin is dearer unto him than another man’s.
  2. Job 2:5 Meaning, his own person.
  3. Job 2:6 Thus Satan can go no further in punishing, than God hath limited him.

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