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Job 13

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Lo, mine eye hath seen all this, mine ear hath heard and understood it.

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What ye know, the same do I know also: I am not inferior unto you.

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Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.

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But ye are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value.

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O that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom.

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Hear now my reasoning, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips.

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Will ye speak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for him?

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Will ye accept his person? will ye contend for God?

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Is it good that he should search you out? or as one man mocketh another, do ye so mock him?

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He will surely reprove you, if ye do secretly accept persons.

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Shall not his excellency make you afraid? and his dread fall upon you?

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Your remembrances are like unto ashes, your bodies to bodies of clay.

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Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak, and let come on me what will.

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

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Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.

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He also shall be my salvation: for an hypocrite shall not come before him.

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Hear diligently my speech, and my declaration with your ears.

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Behold now, I have ordered my cause; I know that I shall be justified.

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Who is he that will plead with me? for now, if I hold my tongue, I shall give up the ghost.

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Only do not two things unto me: then will I not hide myself from thee.

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Withdraw thine hand far from me: and let not thy dread make me afraid.

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Then call thou, and I will answer: or let me speak, and answer thou me.

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How many are mine iniquities and sins? make me to know my transgression and my sin.

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Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy?

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Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble?

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For thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth.

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Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and lookest narrowly unto all my paths; thou settest a print upon the heels of my feet.

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And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that is moth eaten.

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Job 13:14

“Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in mine hand?”

Study Summary

"Why do I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in my hand?" The image is visceral—Job bites his own flesh, holding his life as if it might escape. He is describing a condition of desperate vulnerability, of being at the edge of disintegration. Yet paradoxically, this extremity becomes the ground of his freedom: having nothing left to lose, he can speak truth without calculation.

Community Reflections

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Chiara Russo (test user)7h ago
Trusting God's timing — Job 13

His timing, His methods, His purposes — all beyond our comprehension, yet perfectly good.. The contrast between human weakness and divine strength is so vivid in this passage. I think this is a call to trust beyond what we can see. God is faithful in every circumstance.. The thread of covenant runs through every book of the Bible.. We bring nothing; He provides everything.. God is faithful in every circumstance.. The contrast between human weakness and divine strength is so vivid in this passage. God is faithful in every circumstance.. God is faithful in every circumstance.. Faith isn't the absence of doubt — it's choosing to believe despite it.. It implies covenant loyalty, steadfast love that never wavers.. Their context of persecution gives these words a weight we often miss.. God is faithful in every circumstance.. God is faithful in every circumstance.. I notice the repetition here is deliberate —…

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1
Jonas Eriksson (test user)7h ago
Mercy and justice — Job 13

God is faithful in every circumstance.. The Hebrew word used here carries a richness that English can't fully capture. His timing, His methods, His purposes — all beyond our comprehension, yet perfectly good.. Today it speaks comfort; a year ago it spoke conviction.. God is faithful in every circumstance.. God is faithful in every circumstance.. God is faithful in every circumstance.. God is faithful in every circumstance.. The thread of covenant runs through every book of the Bible.. I think this is a call to trust beyond what we can see. Their context of persecution gives these words a weight we often miss.. God is faithful in every circumstance.. God is faithful in every circumstance.. The thread of covenant runs through every book of the Bible.. The early church would have heard this very differently than we do today. This is one of those passages that reads differently in every…

Read the note →

Job 13:14

“Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in mine hand?”

Study Summary

"Why do I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in my hand?" The image is visceral—Job bites his own flesh, holding his life as if it might escape. He is describing a condition of desperate vulnerability, of being at the edge of disintegration. Yet paradoxically, this extremity becomes the ground of his freedom: having nothing left to lose, he can speak truth without calculation.

Community Reflections

1
Chiara Russo (test user)7h ago
Trusting God's timing — Job 13

His timing, His methods, His purposes — all beyond our comprehension, yet perfectly good.. The contrast between human weakness and divine strength is so vivid in this passage. I think this is a call to trust beyond what we can see. God is faithful in every circumstance.. The thread of covenant runs through every book of the Bible.. We bring nothing; He provides everything.. God is faithful in every circumstance.. The contrast between human weakness and divine strength is so vivid in this passage. God is faithful in every circumstance.. God is faithful in every circumstance.. Faith isn't the absence of doubt — it's choosing to believe despite it.. It implies covenant loyalty, steadfast love that never wavers.. Their context of persecution gives these words a weight we often miss.. God is faithful in every circumstance.. God is faithful in every circumstance.. I notice the repetition here is deliberate —…

Read the note →
1
Jonas Eriksson (test user)7h ago
Mercy and justice — Job 13

God is faithful in every circumstance.. The Hebrew word used here carries a richness that English can't fully capture. His timing, His methods, His purposes — all beyond our comprehension, yet perfectly good.. Today it speaks comfort; a year ago it spoke conviction.. God is faithful in every circumstance.. God is faithful in every circumstance.. God is faithful in every circumstance.. God is faithful in every circumstance.. The thread of covenant runs through every book of the Bible.. I think this is a call to trust beyond what we can see. Their context of persecution gives these words a weight we often miss.. God is faithful in every circumstance.. God is faithful in every circumstance.. The thread of covenant runs through every book of the Bible.. The early church would have heard this very differently than we do today. This is one of those passages that reads differently in every…

Read the note →

Job 13:14

"Why do I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in my hand?" The image is visceral—Job bites his own flesh, holding his life as if it might escape. He is describing a condition of desperate vulnerability, of being at the edge of disintegration. Yet paradoxically, this extremity becomes the ground of his freedom: having nothing left to lose, he can speak truth without calculation.