Job 13:14

Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in mine hand?

Wherefore do I take {H5375} my flesh {H1320} in my teeth {H8127}, and put {H7760} my life {H5315} in mine hand {H3709}?

Why am I taking my flesh in my teeth, taking my life in my hands?

Why do I put myself at risk and take my life in my own hands?

Wherefore should I take my flesh in my teeth, And put my life in my hand?

Commentary

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Cross-References

  • Judges 12:3 (5 votes)

    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 (4 votes)

    ¶ My soul [is] continually in my hand: yet do I not forget thy law.

  • 1 Samuel 28:21 (3 votes)

    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.

  • Job 18:4 (3 votes)

    He teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of his place?

  • 1 Samuel 19:5 (3 votes)

    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?

  • Ecclesiastes 4:5 (3 votes)

    The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.

  • Isaiah 9:20 (2 votes)

    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: