Job 13:14
Why should I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in my hand?
World Messianic Bible
In The King James Version
Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in mine hand?
In Context
13“Be silent! Leave me alone, that I may speak. Let come on me what will.
15Behold, he will kill me. I have no hope. Nevertheless, I will maintain my ways before him.
Cross References
Judges 12:3When I saw that you didn’t save me, I put my life in my hand, and passed over against the children of Ammon, and the LORD delivered them into my hand. Why then have you come up to me today, to fight against me?”
1 Samuel 28:21The woman came to Saul and saw that he was very troubled, and said to him, “Behold, your servant has listened to your voice, and I have put my life in my hand, and have listened to your words which you spoke to me.
Psalms 119:109My soul is continually in my hand, yet I won’t forget your Torah.
Isaiah 9:20One will devour on the right hand, and be hungry; and he will eat on the left hand, and they will not be satisfied. Everyone will eat the flesh of his own arm:
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 →