Job 13:14

KJV1611 – Modern English

Why do I take my flesh in my teeth and put my life in my hand?

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  • Judg 12:3 : 3 And when I saw that you did not deliver me, I put my life in my hands, and passed over against the children of Ammon, and the LORD delivered them into my hand: why then have you come up to me this day, to fight against me?
  • 1 Sam 19:5 : 5 For he put his life in his hand, and killed the Philistine, and the LORD worked a great salvation for all Israel; you saw it, and rejoiced; why then will you sin against innocent blood, to slay David without a cause?
  • 1 Sam 28:21 : 21 And the woman came to Saul, and saw that he was very troubled, and said to him, Behold, your maidservant has obeyed your voice, and I have put my life in my hand and have listened to your words which you spoke to me.
  • Ps 119:109 : 109 My life is continually in my hand, yet I do not forget Your law.
  • Eccl 4:5 : 5 The fool folds his hands together, and eats his own flesh.
  • Isa 9:20 : 20 And he will snatch on the right hand and be hungry; and he will eat on the left hand and not be satisfied; they will eat every man the flesh of his own arm.
  • Isa 49:26 : 26 And I will feed them that oppress you with their own flesh; and they shall be drunk with their own blood, as with sweet wine: and all flesh shall know that I the LORD am your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.
  • Job 18:4 : 4 He tears himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for you? and shall the rock be removed out of its place?

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  • 15 Though he slays me, yet will I trust in him; but I will defend my own ways before him.

  • 13 Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak, and let happen to me what will.

  • Job 13:19-22
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    19 Who is he that will plead with me? for now, if I keep silent, I shall die.

    20 Only do not do two things to me, then I will not hide myself from you.

    21 Withdraw your hand far from me, and let not your dread make me afraid.

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

  • Job 6:9-11
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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 I should still have comfort; yes, 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 my end, that I should prolong my life?

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

    16 I loathe it; I would not live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are vanity.

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

    21 Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O you my friends, for the hand of God has touched me.

  • 4 As for me, is my complaint to a man? And if it were, why should my spirit not 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 my arm fall from my shoulder blade, and let my arm be broken at the bone.

    23 For destruction from God was a terror to me, and because of His majesty I could not endure.

  • 11 Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

  • Job 14:13-14
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    13 Oh that You would hide me in the grave, that You would keep me secret, until Your wrath is past, that You would appoint me a set time, and remember me!

    14 If a man dies, shall he live again? All the days of my appointed time I will wait, till my change comes.

  • 13 Is not my help within me? And is wisdom driven quite from me?

  • Job 9:34-35
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    34 Let Him take His rod away from me, and let not His fear terrify me:

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

  • Job 19:26-27
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    26 And though after my skin, worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh I shall see God,

    27 Whom I shall see for myself, and my eyes shall behold, and not another. How my heart yearns within me!

  • Job 10:1-2
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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 to God, Do not condemn me; show me why You contend with me.

  • Job 27:5-6
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    5 God forbid that I should justify you: until I die I will not renounce my integrity.

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

  • 13 That you turn your spirit against God, and let such words go out of your mouth?

  • 24 Why do you hide your face, and hold me as your enemy?

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

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

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

  • 15 What shall I say? He has spoken to me, and He Himself has done it: I shall go softly all my years in the bitterness of my soul.

  • 9 He said to me again, Stand, please, upon me, and kill me: for anguish has come upon me, because my life is still 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 your hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse you to your face.

  • 9 He tears me in his wrath, who hates me; he gnashes upon me with his teeth; my enemy sharpens his eyes upon me.

  • 7 There the righteous might dispute with him, so I would be delivered forever from my judge.

  • 13 I counted till morning, that as a lion, so will He break all my bones: from day to night You make an end of me.

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

  • 4 My flesh and my skin He has made old; He has broken my bones.

  • 4 For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison which drinks up my spirit; the terrors of God have arrayed themselves against me.

  • 12 I was at ease, but he has broken me apart; he has also seized me by my neck and shaken me to pieces and set me up as his target.

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

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    2 As God lives, who has taken away my justice, and the Almighty, who has troubled my soul;

    3 As long as my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils;

  • 14 How much less shall I answer Him, and choose my words to argue with Him?

  • 25 For he stretches out his hand against God, and strengthens himself against the Almighty.