# Job 2.6 **Book:** [Job](/codex/job/) · NASB95 ## Immediate context (±2 verses) **ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/)) > 4. And Satan answered Jehovah, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life. 5. But put forth thy hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will renounce thee to thy face. > > **6. And Jehovah said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thy hand; only spare his life.** > > 7. So Satan went forth from the presence of Jehovah, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown. 8. And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself therewith; and he sat among the ashes. (Job 2:4-8, ASV) **WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/)) > 4. Satan answered Yahweh, and said, “Skin for skin. Yes, all that a man has he will give for his life. 5. But stretch out your hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will renounce you to your face.” > > **6. Yahweh said to Satan, “Behold, he is in your hand. Only spare his life.”** > > 7. So Satan went out from the presence of Yahweh, and struck Job with painful sores from the sole of his foot to his head. 8. He took for himself a potsherd to scrape himself with, and he sat among the ashes. (Job 2:4-8, WEB) **KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/)) > 4. And Satan answered the LORD, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life. 5. But put forth thine hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face. > > **6. And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thine hand; but save his life. but: or, only** > > 7. So went Satan forth from the presence of the LORD, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown. 8. And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes. (Job 2:4-8, KJV) **YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/)) > 4. And the Adversary answereth Jehovah and saith, 'A skin for a skin, and all that a man hath he doth give for his life. 5. Yet, put forth, I pray Thee, Thy hand, and strike unto his bone and unto his flesh, if not: unto Thy face he doth bless Thee!' > > **6. And Jehovah saith unto the Adversary, 'Lo, he [is] in thy hand; only his life take care of.'** > > 7. And the Adversary goeth forth from the presence of Jehovah, and smiteth Job with a sore ulcer from the sole of his foot unto his crown. 8. And he taketh to him a potsherd to scrape himself with it, and he is sitting in the midst of the ashes. (Job 2:4-8, YLT) ## Setting - **Speaker:** _TBD_ - **Audience:** _TBD_ - **Location:** _TBD_ - **Time period:** _TBD_ ## Theological reading _Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._ ## Key words _Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word._ - [H7854 - satan](/codex/h7854-satan/), *satan*, Strong's H7854 - [H5315 - nephesh](/codex/h5315-nephesh/), *nephesh*, Strong's H5315 - [H3068 - YHWH](/codex/h3068-yhwh/), *YHWH*, Strong's H3068 ## Quoted in **Arguments and defeaters:** - [God Created Satan Knowing He Would Rebel Objection Defeater](/codex/god-created-satan-knowing-he-would-rebel-objection-defeater/) - [Job Bet Objection Defeater](/codex/job-bet-objection-defeater/), via [Job 2.1-6](/codex/job-2-1-6/) **Lexicon:** - [H7854 - satan](/codex/h7854-satan/), via [Job 2.1-7](/codex/job-2-1-7/) ## Notes _Your annotations._ ## Why these four translations ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance. The four: - **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition. - **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English. - **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base. - **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff. See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.