So they brought their cattle to Joseph; and Joseph gave them food in exchange for the horses, the flocks, the herds, and the asses: and he supplied them with food in exchange for all their cattle that year.
Job 2:4 - Revised Standard Version Then Satan answered the Lord, “Skin for skin! All that a man has he will give for his life. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Satan answered the LORD, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Then Satan answered the Lord, Skin for skin! Yes, all that a man has will he give for his life. American Standard Version (1901) And Satan answered Jehovah, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life. Common English Bible The Adversary responded to the LORD, “Skin for skin—people will give up everything they have in exchange for their lives. Catholic Public Domain Version Answering him, Satan said, "Skin for skin; and everything that a man has, he will give for his life. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And Satan answered, and said: Skin for skin, and all that a man hath he will give for his life. |
So they brought their cattle to Joseph; and Joseph gave them food in exchange for the horses, the flocks, the herds, and the asses: and he supplied them with food in exchange for all their cattle that year.
Why should we die before your eyes, both we and our land? Buy us and our land for food, and we with our land will be slaves to Pharaoh; and give us seed, that we may live, and not die, and that the land may not be desolate.”
And his servants said to him, “Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings; let us put sackcloth on our loins and ropes upon our heads, and go out to the king of Israel; perhaps he will spare your life.”
And the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, who fears God and turns away from evil? He still holds fast his integrity, although you moved me against him, to destroy him without cause.”
But put forth thy hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face.”
The ransom of a man's life is his wealth, but a poor man has no means of redemption.
But there were ten men among them who said to Ishmael, “Do not kill us, for we have stores of wheat, barley, oil, and honey hidden in the fields.” So he refrained and did not kill them with their companions.
For what will it profit a man, if he gains the whole world and forfeits his life? Or what shall a man give in return for his life?
“Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you shall eat or what you shall drink, nor about your body, what you shall put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?
They answered Joshua, “Because it was told to your servants for a certainty that the Lord your God had commanded his servant Moses to give you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you; so we feared greatly for our lives because of you, and did this thing.