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 comp. the expression for the impending danger of death, Deu 28:66. If this sense, which is in accordance with the usage of the language, be adopted, it is unnecessary with Hirz., after Ewald, §352, b, to take ונפשׁי for נפשׁי גם: also, even my soul, etc., although it cannot be denied that ו, like καὶ and et, sometimes signifies: also, etiam (Isa 32:7; 2Ch 27:5; Ecc 5:6, and according to the accents, Hos 8:6 also; on the contrary, 2Sa 1:23; Psa 31:12, can at least by explained by the copulative meaning, and Amo 4:10 by “and indeed”). The waw joins the positive to the negative assertion contained in the question of Job 13:14 (Hahn): I will not eagerly make my flesh safe, and will take my soul in my hand, i.e., calmly and bravely expose myself to the danger of death. Thus Job 13:15 is most directly connected with what precedes.

Verse 15
This is one of eighteen passages in which the Chethib is לא and the Keri לו; Job 6:21 is another. In the lxx, which moreover changes איחל into החל, ἄρχεσθαι, the rendering is doubtful, the ''Cod. Vat. Translating ἐάν με χειρώσηται, the Cod. Alex.'' ἐὰν μή με χειρ. The Mishna b. Sota, 27, b, refers to the passage with reference to the question