job 13:14 Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in mine hand?

job 13:14 "Why should I take my flesh in my teeth, And put my life in my hands?

14. A proverb for, "Why should I anxiously desire to save my life?" [EICHORN]. The image in the first clause is that of a wild beast, which in order to preserve his prey, carries it in his teeth. That in the second refers to men who hold in the hand what they want to keep secure.

job 13:14 "Why should I take my flesh in my teeth, And put my life in my hands?

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