Wherefore . . . ? Figure of speech Erotesis.App-6.
take my flesh in my teeth. Figure of speech Paroemia.App-6. Still preserved in Arabic for rushing into danger. Like the next clause, which is a proverb preserved in English.
life = soul. Hebrew. nephesh.App-13.
hand. Some codices, with Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "hands" (plural)