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Then the Lord said to Satan, ‘Have you considered my servant Job? No one else on earth is like him, a man of perfect integrity,(A) who fears God and turns away from evil.(B) He still retains his integrity, even though you incited me against him, to destroy him for no good reason.’

‘Skin for skin! ’ Satan answered the Lord. ‘A man will give up everything he owns in exchange for his life. But stretch out your hand and strike(C) his flesh and bones, and he will surely curse you to your face.’

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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.

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

But put forth thine hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face.

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