NASB Lexicon
KJV Lexicon Wherefore do I takenasa' (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? Links Job 13:14Job 13:14 NIV Job 13:14 NLT Job 13:14 ESV Job 13:14 NASB Job 13:14 KJV |