Job 13:14

1 Samuel 19:5; 1 Samuel 28:21; Ecclesiastes 4:5; Isaiah 49:26; Isaiah 9:20; Job 18:4; Judges 12:3; Psalms 119:109

Related Commentaries of Job 13:14

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth - The meaning of the proverbial expressions in this verse is not very clear. They indicate a state of gr...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

Wherefore do I (e) take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in mine hand? (e) Is not this a revealed sign of my affliction and that I do not compl...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Job turns to plead his cause with God. He will speak whatever it costs ( Job 13:13-15 ). This also, he says, shall be my deliverance, that a godless...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Wherefore... ? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6. take my flesh in my teeth. Figure of speech Paroemia. App-6. Still preserved in Arabic for...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in mine hand? Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth - A proverbial expression. I risk ev...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth, &c.?— That is, "You ask me, why I should consider my case as thus desperate? (for that is the meaning...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in mine hand? A proverb for, 'Why should I anxiously desire to save my life?' (Eicho...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Job's Third Speech (continued) 1-12. Job claims to understand as much about God as the friends. He rejects their opinion as to the cause of his tr...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth. — This is probably the meaning of this verse, which, however, should not be read interrogatively: “At all...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

XII. BEYOND FACT AND FEAR TO GOD Job 12:1-25 ; Job 13:1-28 ; Job 14:1-22 Job SPEAKS ZOPHAR excites in Job's mind great irritation, which mu...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“Though He Slay Me” Job 13:1-28 The sufferer first rebukes his friends, Job 13:4-12 . Then he makes an appeal to God, affirming that he was no...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Continuing his answer, Job restated his conviction that his knowledge was not inferior to theirs, and declared that his appeal was to God (1-3). Befo...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(1) В¶ Lo, mine eye hath seen all this, mine ear hath heard and understood it. (2) What ye know, the same do I know also: I am not inferior unto you....
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth ,.... Or bite my lips, to keep in my words, and refrain from speaking? I will not do it: and put my life...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in mine hand? Ver. 14. Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth? ] q.d. Do ye think, O...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth , &c. The sense, according to some commentators, is, Why do I torment myself? Why do I grieve so immode...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

JOB DECLARES HIMSELF FULLY EQUAL TO HIS FRIENDS (vv.1-12) Job has spoken at length of God's wisdom and power, now he tells Zophar that his eye h...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

13 Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak, and let come on me what will. 14 Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

According to this translation the sense seems to be this, If you speak truth, and God punisheth none but wicked men, why doth he bring me (whom he kn...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

JOB’S REPLY TO ZOPHAR—CONTINUED I. Job re-asserts his knowledge of the Divine procedure as not inferior to that of his friends ( Job 13:1-2 )....
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 13:4 . Forgers of lies, misconstruing the ways of providence. Job 13:10 , He will surely reprove you, though under a specious veil you...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Job 13:1 , Job 13:2 The first two verses of Job 13:1-18 . are closely connected with Job 12:1-18 ; forming the natural te...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Job's Comfort and Prayer
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth, anxious to save his body and life at any price, and put my life in mine hand, seeking to save his soul or...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Wherefore — And this may be a reason of his desire of liberty of speech, because he could hold his tongue no longer, but must needs tear himself to...

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

Related Commentaries of Job 13:14

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Job 13:14