Job 13:14
Wherefore doe I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my soule in mine hande?
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in mine hand?
In Context
13Holde your tongues in my presence, that I may speake, and let come vpon what will.
15Loe, though he slay me, yet will I trust in him, and I will reprooue my wayes in his sight.
Cross References
Judges 12:3So when I sawe that ye deliuered me not, I put my life in mine hands, and went vpon the children of Ammon: so the Lord deliuered them into mine handes. Wherefore then are ye come vpon me nowe to fight against me?
1 Samuel 28:21Then the woman came vnto Saul, and sawe that he was sore troubled, and said vnto him, See, thine handmaide hath obeyed thy voyce, and I haue put my soule in mine hande, and haue obeyed thy wordes which thou saydest vnto me.
Psalms 119:109My soule is continually in mine hande: yet doe I not forget thy Lawe.
Isaiah 9:20And he shall snatch at the right hand, and be hungrie: and he shall eate on the left hand, and shall not be satisfied: euery one shall eate ye flesh of his owne arme.
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 →