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?
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Job 13:14
Job 13:14
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Job 13 — OverviewJob 13 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleJob here comes to make application of what he had said in the foregoing
chapter; and now we have him not in so good a temper as he was in then:
for, I. He is very bold with his friends, comparing himself with…Job 13 — OverviewJob 13 · Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeJob 13:1, Job reproves his friends for partiality; Job 13:14, He professes his confidence in God; and entreats to know his own sins, and God’s purpose in afflicting him.Job 13 — OverviewJob 13 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleJob begins this chapter by observing the extensiveness of his knowledge, as appeared from his preceding discourse, by which it was evident he was not less knowing than his friendsJob 13:13-22Job 13:13-22 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleJob 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…Job 13:14Job 13:14 · Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeI take: Job 18:4; Ecclesiastes 4:5; Isaiah 9:20, Isaiah 49:26
and put: Judges 12:3; 1 Samuel 19:5, 1 Samuel 28:21; Psalms 119:109Job 13:14Job 13:14 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bibleand doubted not he should be able so to plead his cause, as that he should be justified, if God would but withdraw his hand, and take off his dread from him