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Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 13:13-22

Job here takes fresh hold, fast hold, of his integrity, as one that was resolved not to let it go, nor suffer it to be wrested from him. His firmness in this matter is commendable and his warmth excusable. I. He entreats his friends and all the company to let him alone, and not interrupt him in what he was about to say (Job 13:13), but diligently to hearken to it, Job 13:17. He would have his own protestation to be decisive, for none but God and himself knew his heart. ?Be silent therefore,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 13:14

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 in my hand ? or, expose it to danger by a forced silence; when I am ready to burst, and must if I do not speak; I will not thus endanger my life; it is unreasonable I should, I will speak my mind freely and fully, that I may be refreshed; so Sephorno interprets it of Job's putting his hand to his mouth, that he might be silent; and of putting a... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 13:14

Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth - A proverbial expression. I risk every thing on the justice of my cause. I put my life in my hand, 1 Samuel 28:21 . I run all hazards; I am fearless of the consequences. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 13:1-16

Job to Zophar: 4. A wounded soul at bay. I. THE VOICE OF FIERCE RECRIMINATION . Transfixing on the spear-point of his remorseless logic the men who had mocked at his misery, and converted his very piety into a laughing-stock, with infinite scorn Job holds them up a spectacle to angels and to men, charging them with at least three most detestable offences. 1 . Ignoring of facts. They had favoured him with their views of how God conducted the affairs of the universe, citing... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 13:1-22

Man's injustice and the justice of God. Job proceeds to turn the tables upon these self-complacent friends, who are so disposed to moralize and find illustrations of their conceptions of the Divine righteousness at his expense. His friends, however, really do him a service; not, indeed, by manifesting the sympathy he craves, but by throwing him upon his own resources—still better, by throwing him upon his God. The tonic of opposition is sometimes far more needed in mental suffering than is... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 13:13-22

Job's appeal to God. I. DREAD OF THE RESULT OF THE APPEAL COMES UPON HIS MIND AT THE VERY MOMENT OF EXECUTING HIS RESOLVE . (Verses 13-15.) So with Moses ( Exodus 33:20 ), with Manoah and his wife ( 13:22 ); so with Abraham pleading for the cities of the plain ( Genesis 18:23 , et seq. ). It is the consciousness of weakness in the presence of omnipotence, of sinfulness in the presence of perfect holiness, which checks the spirit on the threshold... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 13:14

Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth! An obscure phrase, to be explained by the parallel in the second member of the verse. The general meaning is, "Why do I jeopardize everything—my body, taking it as it were between my teeth; and my soul, taking it as it were in my hand?" Neither idea will bear minute analysis; but the latter, at any rate, was known to the Greeks, and is common in English. And put my life in my hand (comp. 12:3 ; 1 Samuel 19:5 ; 1 Samuel 28:21 ; Psalms 119:109... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 13:14-28

The appeal is now to God; but Job prefaces it by excusing his boldness (verses 14-19). read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 13:14

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 great danger; but the exact sense of the proverbs it has been difficult to ascertain. Some have supposed that the phrase “to take the flesh in the teeth,” is significant of a state of famine, where a man dying from this cause would cease upon his own flesh and devour it; others, that it refers to the contentions of voracious animals, struggling for a... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 13:14

Job 13:14. 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 immoderately, like those persons who, in their afflictions, rend their garments, and are ready to tear their very flesh? But Bishop Patrick’s paraphrase seems to accord better with the context, namely, “I am so conscious to myself of my innocence, that I must still wonder why I suffer such enraging miseries, and am exposed to so many... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 13:13-22

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 13:14

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 13:14

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 13:1-16

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 13:1-22

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 13:13-22

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 13:14

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 13:14-28

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 13:14

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 13:14

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