Job 13:14
Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in mine hand?
Job 13:14 in other translations
| BSB | Why do I put myself at risk and take my life in my own hands? |
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| WEB | Why should I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in my hand? |
| ASV | Wherefore should I take my flesh in my teeth, And put my life in my hand? |
| YLT | Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth? And my soul put in my hand? |
| DARBY | Wherefore should I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in my hand? |
| BBE | I will take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in my hand. |
| Webster | Why do I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in my hand? |
What does Job 13:14 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 13:13-22
Job resolved to cleave to the testimony his own conscience gave of his uprightness. He depended upon God for justification and salvation, the two great things we hope for through Christ. Temporal salvation he little expected, but of his eternal salvation he was very confident; that God would not only be his Saviour to make him happy, but his salvation, in the sight and enjoyment of whom he should be happy. He knew…
Job 13:14 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Job 13:14
- Judges 12:3
And when I saw that ye delivered me not, I put my life in my hands, and passed over against the children of Ammon, and the Lord delivered them into my hand: wherefore then are ye come up unto me this day, to fight against me?
- Psalms 119:109
My soul is continually in my hand: yet do I not forget thy law.
- 1 Samuel 19:5
For he did put his life in his hand, and slew the Philistine, and the Lord wrought a great salvation for all Israel: thou sawest it, and didst rejoice: wherefore then wilt thou sin against innocent blood, to slay David without a cause?
- Job 18:4
He teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of his place?
- Ecclesiastes 4:5
The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.
- 1 Samuel 28:21
And the woman came unto Saul, and saw that he was sore troubled, and said unto him, Behold, thine handmaid hath obeyed thy voice, and I have put my life in my hand, and have hearkened unto thy words which thou spakest unto me.
- Isaiah 9:20
And he shall snatch on the right hand, and be hungry; and he shall eat on the left hand, and they shall not be satisfied: they shall eat every man the flesh of his own arm:
- Isaiah 49:26
And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh; and they shall be drunken with their own blood, as with sweet wine: and all flesh shall know that I the Lord am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.
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Context
- Job 13:13
Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak, and let come on me what will.
- Job 13:14
Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in mine hand?
- Job 13:15
Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.
Job 13:14 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | ¿Por qué quitaré yo mi carne con mis dientes, y pondré mi alma en mi mano? |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Pourquoi prendrais-je ma chair entre mes dents, et mettrais-je ma vie dans ma main? |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Warum sollte ich mein Fleisch zwischen meine Zähne nehmen, und mein Leben meiner Hand anvertrauen? |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Quare lacero carnes meas dentibus meis, et animam meam porto in manibus meis? |