Job 2:4-6
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
4 The satan answered the Lord and said, “Skin for skin![a] All that a man has he will give for his life. 5 (A)But put forth your hand and touch his bone and his flesh. Then surely he will curse you to your face.” 6 And the Lord said to the satan, “He is in your power; only spare his life.”
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- 2:4 Skin for skin: a proverbial expression derived perhaps from bartering; the precise meaning is unclear.
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