So the people used their cattle and horses and all their other animals to buy food. And that year, Joseph gave them food and took their animals.
Job 2:4 - Easy To Read Version Satan answered, “Skin for skin! {\cf2\super [5]} A person will give everything he has to save his life. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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 the people used their cattle and horses and all their other animals to buy food. And that year, Joseph gave them food and took their animals.
Surely we will die while you are watching. But if you give us food, then we will give Pharaoh our land, and we will be his slaves. Give us seed so that we can plant. Then we will live and not die. And the land will grow food for us again.”
His servants said to him, “We heard that the kings of Israel are merciful. Let’s dress in rough cloth with ropes on our heads. [223] Then let’s go to the king of Israel. Maybe he will let us live.”
Then the Lord said to Satan, “Have you seen my servant Job? There is no person on earth like Job. Job is a good and faithful man. He worships God and refuses to do evil things. He still is faithful, even though you asked me to let you destroy everything he has for no reason.”
If you use your power to hurt his body, then he will curse {\cf2\super [6]} you to your face!”
A rich person might have to pay a ransom to save his life. But poor people never receive threats like that.
It is worth nothing for a person to have the whole world, if he loses his soul. A person could never pay enough to buy back his soul.
“So I tell you, don’t worry about the food you need to live. And don’t worry about the clothes you need for your body. Life is more important than food. And the body is more important than clothes.
Life is more important than food. And the body is more important than clothes.
The Gibeonite people answered, “We lied to you because we were afraid you would kill us. We heard that God commanded his servant Moses to give you all of this land. And God told you to kill all the people that lived in this land. That is why we lied to you.