Job 13:14
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
"Whyעַל־
(al-)
5921: upon, above, overfrom alah
should I takeאֶשָּׂ֣א
(es·sa)
5375: to lift, carry, takea prim. root
my fleshבְשָׂרִ֣י
(ve·sa·ri)
1320: fleshfrom basar
in my teethבְשִׁנָּ֑י
(ve·shin·nai;)
8127: tooth, ivoryfrom shanan
And putאָשִׂ֥ים
(a·sim)
7760: to put, place, seta prim. root
my lifeוְ֝נַפְשִׁ֗י
(ve·naf·shi)
5315: a soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion from an unused word
in my hands?בְּכַפִּֽי׃
(be·chap·pi.)
3709: hollow or flat of the hand, palm, sole (of the foot), a panfrom kaphaph


















KJV Lexicon
Wherefore do I take
nasa'  (naw-saw')
to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absol. and rel. (as follows)
my flesh
basar  (baw-sawr')
flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphem.) the pudenda of a man -- body, (fat, lean) flesh(-ed), kin, (man-)kind, + nakedness, self, skin.
in my teeth
shen  (shane)
a tooth (as sharp); specifically ivory; figuratively, a cliff -- crag, forefront, ivory, sharp, tooth.
and put
suwm  (soom)
to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)wholly, work.
my life
nephesh  (neh'-fesh)
a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
in mine hand
kaph  (kaf)
the hollow hand or palm (so of the paw of an animal, of the sole, and even of the bowl of a dish or sling, the handle of a bolt, the leaves of a palm-tree); figuratively, power
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
"Why should I take my flesh in my teeth And put my life in my hands?

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Why do I put myself at risk 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?

NET Bible
Why do I put myself in peril, and take my life in my hands?

GOD'S WORD® Translation
I am biting off more than I can chew and taking my life in my own hands.

King James 2000 Bible
Why do I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in my hand?
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