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Verse Job 2:4. _SKIN FOR SKIN_] That is, A man will part with all he
has in the world to save his life; and he will part with all by
piecemeal, till he has nothing left on earth, and even be thankful...
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SKIN FOR SKIN - This is a proverbial expression, whose origin is
unknown, nor is its meaning as “a proverb” entirely clear. The
general sense of the passage here is plain, for it is immediately
explai...
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CHAPTER 2:1-10
_ 1. Jehovah's second challenge and Satan's answer (Job 2:1)_
2. Job stricken (Job 2:7)
3. Job's wife, Job's answer and victory (Job 2:9)
Job 2
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THE NARRATIVE OF THE SECOND CONVERSATION BETWEEN YAHWEH AND THE SATAN
AND ITS ISSUES. Again the heavenly council comes together, and Yahweh
reproaches the Satan with instigating Him to bring undeserve...
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SKIN. Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of Part), App-6, one part of the
body put for the whole.
LIFE. soul. Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13....
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The Satan's reply is that the trial was not sufficiently close, it
left the man himself untouched.
_Skin for skin, yea, all_ Rather, SKIN FOR SKIN, AND ALL THAT A MAN
HATH WILL HE GIVE FOR HIMSELF. Th...
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SKIN FOR SKIN— A proverbial expression, to denote the great value in
which life is held; insomuch that a man, to preserve it, would suffer
even his skin to be torn off. It may signify also, that a man...
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6. The second trialbodily suffering (Job 2:1-8)
TEXT 2:1-8
2 Again it came to pass on the day when the sons of God came to
present themselves before Jehovah, that Satan came also among them to
presen...
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_AND SATAN ANSWERED THE LORD, AND SAID, SKIN FOR SKIN, YEA, ALL THAT A
MAN HATH WILL HE GIVE FOR HIS LIFE._
Skin for skin - a proverb. Supply "He will give". The skin is
figurative for any outward go...
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2:4 life; (b-21) Lit. 'soul.'...
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THE PROLOGUE (CONTINUED)
Job's second trial. He refuses to renounce God when afflicted with an
excruciating disease. Three friends come to comfort him....
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JOB, A SERVANT OF GOD
Job
_KEITH SIMONS_
Words in boxes (except for words in brackets) are from the Bible.
This commentary has been through Advanced Checking.
CHAPTER 2
SATAN OPPOSES JOB AGAIN...
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Satan wanted God to hurt Job. But God does not want people to be ill.
And nobody will be ill in heaven (Revelation 21:4). So, God did not
hurt Job. But God allowed Satan to test Job....
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וַ יַּ֧עַן הַ שָּׂטָ֛ן אֶת ־יְהוָ֖ה וַ
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V.
THE DILEMMA OF FAITH
Job 2:1
As the drama proceeds to unfold the conflict between Divine grace in
the human soul and those chaotic influences which hold the mind in
doubt or drag it back into den...
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“AMONG THE ASHES”
Job 2:1
It gives God deep pleasure when He can point to one of His servants
who has borne fiery trial with unwavering patience and faith. The
adversary comes back from his restless,...
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Again the solemn council met, and again Satan was present. The Most
High uttered the same estimate of His servant as before, adding
thereto a declaration of Job's victory in the conflict which had tak...
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And Satan answered the LORD, and said, (e) Skin for skin, yea, all
that a man hath will he give for his life.
(e) By this he means that a man's own skin is dearer to him than
another man's....
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_Skin: a proverbial expressing, denoting that a man will part with any
thing sooner than his life, (Calmet) or health. (Haydock) --- Satan
hints, that if those inestimable blessings should be endanger...
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(2) And the LORD said unto Satan, From whence comest thou? And Satan
answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and
from walking up and down in it. (3) And the LORD said unto Sat...
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From Riches to Ashes
I. INTRODUCTION
A. In our last study of the first Chapter of Job, we saw heavenly
beings gathered to give an account to the Lord - and satan was amongst
them!
1. satan accused...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 1 AND 2.
In Job we have man put to the test; we might say, with our present
knowledge, man renewed by grace, an upright man and righteous in his
ways, in ord...
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AND SATAN ANSWERED THE LORD, AND SAID,.... Satan would not as yet own
that Job was the man the Lord had described; but still would suggest,
that he was a selfish and mercenary man, and that what had b...
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And Satan answered the LORD, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a
man hath will he give for his life.
Ver. 4. _And Satan answered the Lord_] This impudent adversary had yet
an answer in his mouth...
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_Skin for skin_, &c. The design of these words is plain, which was to
detract from Job, and to diminish that honour and praise which God
gave him, by pretending that he had done no more than the meane...
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And Satan answered the Lord and said, in the rage due to his failure,
SKIN FOR SKIN; YEA, ALL THAT A MAN HATH WILL HE GIVE FOR HIS LIFE. The
meaning of this proverbial saying is that nothing outward i...
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JOB STRICKEN WITH A SEVERE DISEASE...
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SATAN INFLICTS BODILY SUFFERING ON HIM
(vv.1-10),
Another day comes when Satan presents himself to God among the sons of
God, and his response to God's first question was the same as in
Chapter 1. T...
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"SATAN ANSWERED THE LORD AND SAID": Satan does not apologize, he does
not repent, and neither does he admit any fault whatever! "SKIN FOR
SKIN! YES, ALL THAT. MAN HAS HE WILL GIVE FOR HIS LIFE": Here...
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The design of these words is plain, which is to detract from Job, and
to diminish that honour and praise which God gave to Job, by
pretending that he had done no more than the meanest men commonly do...
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Job 2:4 Satan H7854 answered H6030 (H8799) LORD H3068 said H559
(H8799) Skin H5785 skin H5785 man...
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CONTENTS: Job in Satan's seive. Family, property and health gone. His
three friends.
CHARACTERS: God, Job, Satan, Eliphaz, Bildad, Zophar.
CONCLUSION: One of the greatest evidences of God's love to t...
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Job 2:1. _There was a day when the sons of God &c._ As on the former
chapter, Job 2:6.
Job 2:4. _Skin for skin._ Septuagint, “skin after skin.” Men's
riches in the first periods of society very much c...
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_All that a man hath will he give for his life._
SATAN’S PROVERB
The proverb put into Satan’s mouth carries a plain enough meaning,
and yet is not literally easy to interpret. The sense will be clear...
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_And Satan came also among them._
SPIRITUAL AGENCIES, GOOD AND EVIL, IN SICKNESS
This is one of those mysterious Chapter s of Holy Scripture wherein
God hath graciously vouchsafed, for the strengthen...
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JOB—NOTE ON JOB 2:1 Job’s second test is like the first (Job 1:6),
but includes an attack on his health.
⇐...
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JOB—NOTE ON JOB 2:4 SKIN FOR SKIN! ALL THAT A MAN HAS HE WILL GIVE
FOR HIS LIFE. Satan is suggesting that Job has remained faithful so
far because it cost him only the “skin” of his livestock and
fami...
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NOTES
Job 2:4. “_Skin for skin; yea, all that a man hath will he give for
his life_.” The expression “skin for skin” acknowledged to be a
proverbial one. Its precise meaning not so obvious, though its...
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EXPOSITION
JOB 2:1
This chapter concludes the "Introductory section." It consists of
three parts. Job 2:1 contain an account of Satan's second appearance
in the courts of heaven, and of a second coll...
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So back again to the heavenly scene.
Another day and again the sons of God are presenting themselves before
Jehovah, and Satan is coming with them to present himself before the
LORD (Job 2:1).
I hav...
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Acts 27:18; Acts 27:19; Esther 7:3; Esther 7:4; Isaiah 2:20;...
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HEAVEN'S CONTROVERSY CONCERNING JOB
Job 2:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
1. God's everlasting eye watches over His children. When Satan made
his second entrance into the presence of God, he discovered that t...
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Skin, &c. — The sense is, this is so far from being an evidence of
Job's sincere and generous piety, that it is only an act of mere self
— love; he is contented with the loss of his estate, and childr...