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Job 13:14 Cross-References
Explore 8 cross-references for Job 13:14 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Job chapter 13 verse 14 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in mine hand?”
Job 13:14 (KJV)
Commentary on Job 13:14
Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth? (עַל־מָה אֶשָּׂא בְשָׂרִי בְשִׁנָּי, al-mah essa besari veshinai)—This vivid idiom pictures a wild animal carrying prey in its teeth—absolute vulnerability and risk. Job asks rhetorically why he would stake everything (his very 'flesh') on confronting God, yet verse 15 answers: 'Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him.'And put my life in mine hand (וְנַפְשִׁי אָשִׂים בְּכַפִּי, ve-nafshi asim be-khapi)—Nefesh (soul/life/being) 'in my hand' means holding one's life as a fragile, expendable thing. This phrase appears in Judges 12:3 and 1 Samuel 19:5 o...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Job 13:14
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“I put my life in my hand”
“yet I won't forget your law.”
“and struck the Philistine”
“and saw that he was sore troubled”
“The fool foldeth his hands together”
“shall the earth be forsaken for you? Or shall the rock be removed out of its place?”
“as with sweet wine: and all flesh shall know that I”
“and be hungry; and he will eat on the left hand”