Job 13:14
12 Your maxims are proverbs of ashes; your defenses are defenses of clay.
13 Be silent, and I will speak. Then let come to me what may.
Why do I put myself at risk and take my life in my own hands?
15 Though He slay me, I will hope in Him. I will still defend my ways to His face.
16 Moreover, this will be my salvation, for no godless man can appear before Him.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Why do I put myself at risk and take my life in my own hands?
- KJV
- Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in mine hand?
- WEB
- Why should I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in my hand?
- ASV
- Wherefore should I take my flesh in my teeth, And put my life in my hand?
- DARBY
- Wherefore should I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in my hand?
- BLB
- For what do I take up my flesh in my teeth, and my soul do I set in my palm?
- ÅB
- Hvorfor skulle jeg bære mitt kjøtt mellom mine tenner[^1]? Jeg vil legge mitt liv i min hånd[^2].
- OTB
- Hvorfor skulle jeg risikere mitt liv,
Og legge mitt liv i mine egne hender? - B1930
- Hvorfor skulde jeg bære mitt kjøtt mellem mine tenner? Jeg vil legge mitt liv i min hånd. / < søke å redde mitt liv.> / < sette det på spill.>
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Judges 12:3
When I saw that you would not save me, I risked my life and crossed over to the Ammonites, and the LORD delivered them into my hand. Why then have you come today to fight against me?”
Read in contextPsalms 119:109
I constantly take my life in my hands, yet I do not forget Your law.
Read in context1 Samuel 19:5
He took his life in his hands when he struck down the Philistine, and the LORD worked a great salvation for all Israel. You saw it and rejoiced, so why would you sin against innocent blood by killing David for no reason?”
Read in contextJob 18:4
You who tear yourself in anger— should the earth be forsaken on your account, or the rocks be moved from their place?
Read in contextEcclesiastes 4:5
The fool folds his hands and consumes his own flesh.
Read in context1 Samuel 28:21
When the woman came to Saul and saw how distraught he was, she said to him, “Look, your maidservant has obeyed your voice. I took my life in my hands and did as you told me.
Read in contextIsaiah 9:20
They carve out what is on the right, but they are still hungry; they eat what is on the left, but they are still not satisfied. Each one devours the flesh of his own offspring.
Read in contextIsaiah 49:26
I will make your oppressors eat their own flesh; they will be drunk on their own blood, as with wine. Then all mankind will know that I, the LORD, am your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.”
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