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14 Why should I take my flesh in my teeth
and[a] put[b] my life in my hand?
15 Look,[c] though he kill me, I will hope in[d] him;
however, I will defend my ways before him.[e]
16 Moreover, this is salvation to me,
that the godless would not come before him.[f]

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  1. Job 13:14 Hebrew “now”
  2. Job 13:14 Or “should I put,” or “will I put”
  3. Job 13:15 Or “Though”
  4. Job 13:15 Or “for”
  5. Job 13:15 Literally “to his faces”
  6. Job 13:16 Literally “to his faces”

14 Why do I put myself in jeopardy
    and take my life in my hands?(A)
15 Though he slay me, yet will I hope(B) in him;(C)
    I will surely[a] defend my ways to his face.(D)
16 Indeed, this will turn out for my deliverance,(E)
    for no godless(F) person would dare come before him!(G)

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  1. Job 13:15 Or He will surely slay me; I have no hope — / yet I will

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

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

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

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