Verse 4

And Satan answered the LORD, and said, Skin for skin, yes, all that a man has will he give for his life.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Satan svarte Herren: 'Hud for hud! En mann vil gi alt for sitt liv.'

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Og Satan svarte Herren og sa: Hud for hud, ja, alt det en mann har vil han gi for sitt liv.

• Norsk King James

  Og Satan svarte Herren og sa: Hud for hud, ja, alt hva en mann har, vil han gi for sitt liv.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Satan svarte Herren: Hud for hud! En mann gir alt han har for å redde sitt eget liv.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Satan svarte Herren og sa: «Hud for hud! Alt en mann har, vil han gi for sitt liv.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Og Satan svarte Herren og sa: Hud for hud, ja, alt det en mann har, vil han gi for sitt liv.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Satan svarte Herren og sa: «Huden for huden, ja, alt en mann eier, vil han bytte for sitt liv.»

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  Og Satan svarte Herren og sa: Hud for hud, ja, alt det en mann har, vil han gi for sitt liv.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Satan svarte Herren og sa: «Hud for hud, ja, alt det en mann eier gir han for sitt liv.»

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Satan answered the LORD, 'Skin for skin! A man will give everything he has for his own life.'

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Satan svarte Herren: «Hud for hud! En mann gir gjerne alt han eier for sitt liv.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Da svarede Satan Herren og sagde: Hud for Hud, og alt det en Mand haver, giver han for sit Liv.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Og Satan svarte Herren og sa: Hud for hud, ja, alt det en mann har, vil han gi for sitt liv.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Satan svarte Herren: "Hud for hud. Ja, alt en mann har, vil han gi for sitt liv.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Anklageren svarte Herren: 'Hud for hud! Alt en mann eier, vil han gi for sitt liv.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Og Satan svarte Herren og sa: Hud for hud, ja, alt en mann har vil han gi for sitt liv.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Og Satan svarte Herren: Hud for hud, alt det en mann har, vil han gi for sitt liv.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Sathan answered the LORDE, and sayde: Skynne for skynne? yee a man will geue all yt euer he hath, for his life.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And Satan answered the Lorde, and sayde, Skin for skin, and all that euer a man hath, will he giue for his life.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And Satan aunswered the Lord, and sayd, Skinne for skinne, yea a man wil geue al that euer he hath for his life.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Satan answered Yahweh, and said, "Skin for skin. Yes, all that a man has will he give for his life.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And the Adversary answereth Jehovah and saith, `A skin for a skin, and all that a man hath he doth 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.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And the Satan said in answer to the Lord, Skin for skin, all a man has he will give for his life.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Satan answered Yahweh, and said, "Skin for skin. Yes, all that a man has he will give for his life.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  But Satan answered the LORD,“Skin for skin! Indeed, a man will give up all that he has to save his life!

Referenced Verses

• Esth 7:3-4 : 3 Then Queen Esther answered and said, If I have found favor in your sight, O king, and if it pleases the king, let my life be spared at my petition, and my people at my request: 4 For we have been sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be killed, and to perish. But if we had been sold as slaves, I would have remained silent, although the enemy could not compensate for the king's loss.
• Isa 2:20-21 : 20 In that day a man shall cast away his idols of silver and his idols of gold, which they made each one for himself to worship, to the moles and to the bats; 21 To go into the clefts of the rocks and into the tops of the rugged rocks, for fear of the LORD and for the glory of His majesty, when He arises to shake the earth terribly.
• Jer 41:8 : 8 But ten men were found among them who said to Ishmael, Do not kill us: for we have treasures in the field, of wheat, and barley, and oil, and honey. So he spared them, and did not kill them among their brethren.
• Matt 6:25 : 25 Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing?
• Matt 16:26 : 26 For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?
• Acts 27:18-19 : 18 And being exceedingly tossed by a tempest, the next day they lightened the ship; 19 And on the third day we cast out, with our own hands, the ship's tackle.
• Phil 3:8-9 : 8 Indeed, I count all things as loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish, that I may gain Christ, 9 And be found in him, not having my own righteousness, which is from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith: 10 That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being conformed to his death;