Job 13:14
Why do I take my basar in my teeth, 1 and take my nefesh in mine yad? 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in mine hand?
In Context
13Hold your peace, let me alone, that Ani (I) may speak, 1 and let come on me what will. 1
Cross References
Judges 12:3And when I saw that you were not my moshi'a, I put my nefesh in my hands, and passed over against the Bnei Ammon, and Hashem delivered them into my yad; why then are ye come up unto me this day, to fight against me?
1 Samuel 28:21And the isha came unto Sha'ul, and saw that he was greatly terrified, and said unto him, Hinei, thine shifcha hath obeyed thy voice, and I have put my nefesh in my palm, and have paid heed unto thy devarim which thou spoke unto me.
Psalms 119:109My nefesh is continually in my yad: 1 yet do I not forget Thy torah. 1
Isaiah 9:20Menasheh against Ephrayim; and Ephrayim, Menasheh; 1 they together shall be against Yehudah. 1 For all this His anger is not turned away; 1 His yad is upraised still.
Matthew Henry on Job 13:14-23
13 Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak, and let come on me what will. 14 Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in mine hand? 15 Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him. 16 He also shall be my salvation: for a hypocrite shall not come before him. 17 Hear diligently my speech, and my declaration with your ears. 18 Behold now, I have ordered my cause; I know that I shall be justified. 19 Who is he that will plead with me? for now, if I… Read the whole commentary →