Job 13:14 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

¹⁴ Wherefore should I take my flesh in my teeth, And put my life in mine hand?

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁴ Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth, And put my life in mine hand?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁴ Why should I take my flesh in my teeth and put my life in my hands [incurring the danger of God's wrath]?

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁴ Wherefore should I take my flesh in my teeth, And put my life in my hand?

Common English Bible

¹⁴ For what reason will I take my flesh in my teeth, put my life in jeopardy?

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁴ Why do I wound my flesh with my teeth, and carry my soul in my hands?

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁴ Why do I tear my flesh with my teeth, and carry my soul in my hands?

Job 13:14 Cross References

Job 18:4

Thou that tearest thyself in thine anger, Shall the earth be forsaken for thee? Or shall the rock be removed out of its place?

Psalm 119:109

My soul is continually in my hand; Yet do I not forget thy law.

Ecclesiastes 4:5

The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.

Isaiah 49:26

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.

Isaiah 9:20

And one 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:

Judges 12:3

And when I saw that ye saved me not, I put my life in my hand, 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 Samuel 19:5

for he put his life in his hand, and smote the Philistine, and the LORD wrought a great victory for all Israel: thou sawest it, and didst rejoice: wherefore then wilt thou sin against innocent blood, to slay David without a cause?

1 Samuel 28:21

And the woman came unto Saul, and saw that he was sore troubled, and said unto him, Behold, thine handmaid hath hearkened unto thy voice, and I have put my life in my hand, and have hearkened unto thy words which thou spakest unto me.