Job 13:14

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

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  • Judg 12:3 : 3 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?
  • 1 Sam 19:5 : 5 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?
  • 1 Sam 28:21 : 21 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.
  • Ps 119:109 : 109 My soul is continually in my hand: yet do I not forget thy law.
  • Eccl 4:5 : 5 The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.
  • Isa 9:20 : 20 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:
  • Isa 49:26 : 26 And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh; and they shall be drunken with their own blood, as with sweet wine: and all flesh shall know that I the LORD am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.
  • Job 18:4 : 4 He teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of his place?

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    19 Who is he that will plead with me? for now, if I hold my tongue, I shall give up the ghost.

    20 Only do not two things unto me: then will I not hide myself from thee.

    21 Withdraw thine hand far from me: and let not thy dread make me afraid.

    22 Then call thou, and I will answer: or let me speak, and answer thou me.

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    9 Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!

    10 Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would harden myself in sorrow: let him not spare; for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.

    11 What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should prolong my life?

  • Job 7:15-16
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    15 So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than my life.

    16 I loathe it; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days are vanity.

  • Job 19:20-21
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    20 My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.

    21 Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.

  • 4 As for me, is my complaint to man? and if it were so, why should not my spirit be troubled?

  • 20 Are not my days few? cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,

  • Job 31:22-23
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    22 Then let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone.

    23 For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.

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  • Job 14:13-14
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    13 O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!

    14 If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come.

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    34 Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear terrify me:

    35 Then would I speak, and not fear him; but it is not so with me.

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    26 And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God:

    27 Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another; though my reins be consumed within me.

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    1 My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

    2 I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou contendest with me.

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    5 God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me.

    6 My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.

  • 13 That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest such words go out of thy mouth?

  • 24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy?

  • 3 Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.

  • 10 Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thine hand.

  • 3 Therefore now, O LORD, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.

  • 15 What shall I say? he hath both spoken unto me, and himself hath done it: I shall go softly all my years in the bitterness of my soul.

  • 9 He said unto me again, Stand, I pray thee, upon me, and slay me: for anguish is come upon me, because my life is yet whole in me.

  • 5 Or let him take hold of my strength, that he may make peace with me; and he shall make peace with me.

  • 5 But put forth thine hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face.

  • 9 He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.

  • 7 There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.

  • 13 I reckoned till morning, that, as a lion, so will he break all my bones: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.

  • 40 For I lift up my hand to heaven, and say, I live for ever.

  • 4 My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.

  • 4 For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.

  • 12 I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark.

  • 15 I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the dust.

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    2 As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul;

    3 All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils;

  • 14 How much less shall I answer him, and choose out my words to reason with him?

  • 25 For he stretcheth out his hand against God, and strengtheneth himself against the Almighty.