Job 2:4-5

Geneva Study Bible - Job 2:4

2:4 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. read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Job 2:5

2:5 But put forth thine hand now, and touch his {f} bone and his flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face.(f) Meaning, his own person. read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - Job 2:1-13

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. Then God faces him with the fact that Job had not done what Satan said he would if deprived of his possessions (v.3). Certainly Satan ought to have acknowledged he had been wrong and to have apologised for his manifest error. But Satan is like too many people. Instead of admitting wrong, they want... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Job 2:1-13

THEME AND OUTLINE The theme of Job seems to be the meaning and object of evil and suffering under the government of a holy, wise and merciful God, and may be outlined thus: The Prologue (Job 1-2, in prose) The Dialogue (Job 3-31, in poetry) The Words of Elihu (Job 32-37, in poetry) The Words of the Almighty (Job 38-41, in poetry) The Response of (Job 42:1-6 , in poetry) The Epilogue (Job 42:7-17 , in prose) THE KEY TO THE BOOK The key to the book is found in the first chapter, which, after... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Job 2:1-13

The Assaults of Satan Job 2:0 Remember that the man spoken about is "a perfect man and an upright, one that feared God and eschewed evil." The speaker is Satan, who came with the sons of God on the first occasion, and said, "Touch all that Job hath, and he will curse thee to thy face." He was allowed to touch Job's property, and he failed in his purpose. On another occasion the same devil came back with the sons of God, and enlarged his proposition. He said, "Touch his bone and his flesh, and... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Job 2:2-6

(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 Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? and still he holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroy him without cause. (4) And Satan answered the LORD,... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Job 2:4

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 endangered, (Calmet) Job would shew his real sentiments. (Haydock) --- Skin was formerly used instead of money, at Sparta. (Seneca, Ben. v. 14., &c.) Yet perhaps not in the time of Job. read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Job 2:1-8

Job Stricken with a Severe Disease v. 1. Again there was a day, some time after Satan had exhausted his efforts to shake the piety of Job by the destruction of his property and the slaughter of his children, when the sons of God, the angels, as ministers of Jehovah, came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan came also among them to present himself before the Lord, as on the previous occasion, 1:13. v. 2. And the Lord said unto Satan, From whence comest thou? And Satan answered... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Job 2:1-13

HISTORICAL INTRODUCTIONPROLOGUEJob 1:1-22, Job 2:1-131. Job’s Character and Course of Life. (Job 1:1-15.)1There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil. 2And there were born to him seven sons and three daughters. 3His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Job 2:1-13

“Among the Ashes” Job 2:1-13 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, ceaseless rounds, 1 Peter 5:8 ; but there is one soul at least which has resisted his worst attacks. Observing Job, the principalities and powers in the heavenly places have learned that God can make a man love Him, not for His gifts, but for Himself, Ephesians 3:10 . The adversary suggests a... read more