Job 2:4 — King James Version← Study notes

“And Satan answered the Lord, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life.”

Job 2:4 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 2:414 words

HebrewMeaning

וַ/יַּ֧עַןwayaʿan

give accountconjH6030

afflict (by mistake for

הַ/שָּׂטָ֛ןhaśāṭān

adversaryparticleH7854

Satan · withstand

אֶתʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

יְהוָ֖הyəhwāh

LORDnounH3068

the Lord. Compare

וַ/יֹּאמַ֑רwayōʾmar

answerconjH559

appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···

ע֣וֹרʿwōr

hidenounH5785

leather · skin

בְּעַדbəʿad

aboutpronH1157

at by · for · over · through ···

ע֗וֹרʿwōr

hidenounH5785

leather · skin

וְ/כֹל֙wəkōl

all (mannerconjH3605

) · altogether · any · enough ···

אֲשֶׁ֣רʾăšer

asparticleH834

after · alike · because · every ···

לָ/אִ֔ישׁlāʾiyš

manpronH376

another · any · a certain · champion ···

יִתֵּ֖ןyitēn

addverbH5414

apply · appoint · ascribe · assign ···

בְּעַ֥דbəʿad

aboutpronH1157

at by · for · over · through ···

נַפְשֽׁ/וֹnapəšwō

anynounH5315

appetite · beast · body · breath ···

ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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