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

"When someone has a swelling or a scab or a bright spot on the skin of his body that may become a diseased infection, he must be brought to Aaron the priest or one of his sons, the priests.

You clothed me with skin and flesh and knit me together with bones and sinews.

I will put tendons on you and muscles over you and will cover you with skin; I will put breath in you and you will live. Then you will know that I am the Lord.'"

As I watched, I saw tendons on them, then muscles appeared, and skin covered over them from above, but there was no breath in them.

yet you hate what is good, and love what is evil. You flay my people's skin and rip the flesh from their bones.

(Bet) He has made my mortal skin waste away; he has broken my bones.

Our skin is hot as an oven due to a fever from hunger.

(Khet) Now their appearance is darker than soot; they are not recognized in the streets. Their skin has shriveled on their bones; it is dried up, like tree bark.

But there is little hope for you ever doing good, you who are so accustomed to doing evil. Can an Ethiopian change the color of his skin? Can a leopard remove its spots?