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Job Chapter 13 verse 14 Holy Bible

ASV Job 13:14

Wherefore should I take my flesh in my teeth, And put my life in my hand?
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BBE Job 13:14

I will take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in my hand.
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DARBY Job 13:14

Wherefore should I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in my hand?
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KJV Job 13:14

Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in mine hand?
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WBT Job 13:14

Why do I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in my hand?
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WEB Job 13:14

Why should I take my flesh in my teeth, And put my life in my hand?
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YLT Job 13:14

Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth? And my soul put in my hand?
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerses 14-28. - The appeal is now to God; but Job prefaces it by excusing his boldness (vers. 14-19). Verse 14. - Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth! An obscure phrase, to be explained by the parallel in the second member of the verse. The general meaning is, "Why do I jeopardize everything - my body, taking it as it were between my teeth; and my soul, taking it as it were in my hand?" Neither idea will bear minute analysis; but the latter, at any rate, was known to the Greeks (Athen., 'Deipnosoph.,' p. 569), and is common in English. And put my life in my hand (comp. Judges 12:3; 1 Samuel 19:5; 1 Samuel 28:21; Psalm 119:109).

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(14) Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth.--This is probably the meaning of this verse, which, however, should not be read interrogatively: "At all risks, come what come may, I will take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in my hand."