Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth? And my soul put in my hand?
New American Standard Bible
And
King James Version
Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in mine hand?
Holman Bible
and take my life in my own hands?
International Standard Version
Why shouldn't I bite my flesh or take my life in my hands?
A Conservative Version
Why should I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in my hand?
American Standard Version
Wherefore should I take my flesh in my teeth, And put my life in my hand?
Amplified
“Why should I take my flesh in my teeth
And put my life in my hands [incurring the wrath of God]?
Bible in Basic English
I will take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in my hand.
Darby Translation
Wherefore should I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in my hand?
Julia Smith Translation
For what shall I lift up my flesh in my teeth, and shall I put my soul in my hand?
King James 2000
Why do I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in my hand?
Lexham Expanded Bible
Why should I take my flesh in my teeth and put my life in my hand?
Modern King James verseion
Why do I take my flesh in my teeth and put my life in my hand?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Wherefore do I bear my flesh in my teeth, and put my soul in my hands?
NET Bible
Why do I put myself in peril, and take my life in my hands?
New Heart English Bible
Why should I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in my hand?
The Emphasized Bible
In any case, I will take up my flesh in my teeth, and, my life, will I put in my hand:
Webster
Why do I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in my hand?
World English Bible
Why should I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in my hand?
Interlinear
Nasa'
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 13:14
Verse Info
Context Readings
Be Quiet While I Speak
13 Keep silent from me, and I speak, And pass over me doth what? 14 Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth? And my soul put in my hand? 15 Lo, He doth slay me -- I wait not! Only, my ways unto His face I argue.
Names
Cross References
Judges 12:3
and I see that thou art not a saviour, and I put my life in my hand, and pass over unto the Bene-Ammon, and Jehovah giveth them into my hand -- and why have ye come up unto me this day to fight against me?'
Psalm 119:109
My soul is in my hand continually, And Thy law I have not forgotten.
1 Samuel 19:5
yea, he putteth his life in his hand, and smiteth the Philistine, and Jehovah worketh a great salvation for all Israel; thou hast seen, and dost rejoice, and why dost thou sin against innocent blood, to put David to death for nought?'
1 Samuel 28:21
And the woman cometh in unto Saul, and seeth that he hath been greatly troubled, and saith unto him, 'Lo, thy maid-servant hath hearkened to thy voice, and I put my soul in my hand, and I obey thy words which thou hast spoken unto me;
Job 18:4
(He is tearing himself in his anger.) For thy sake is earth forsaken? And removed is a rock from its place?
Ecclesiastes 4:5
The fool is clasping his hands, and eating his own flesh:
Isaiah 9:20
And cutteth down on the right, and hath been hungry, And he devoureth on the left, And they have not been satisfied, Each the flesh of his own arm they devour.
Isaiah 49:26
And I have caused thine oppressors to eat their own flesh, And as new wine they drink their own blood, And known have all flesh that I, Jehovah, Thy saviour, and thy redeemer, Am the Mighty One of Jacob!'