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Job 12:10
10In whose hand is the life of every living thing, And the breath of all mankind?
Job 12:10 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind.
- New International Version (NIV)In his hand is the life of every creature and the breath of all mankind.
- English Standard Version (ESV)In his hand is the life of every living thing and the breath of all mankind.
- New King James Version (NKJV)In whose hand is the life of every living thing, And the breath of all mankind?
Context of Job 12:10
8Or speak to the earth [with its many forms of life], and it will teach you; And let the fish of the sea declare [this truth] to you. 9Who among all these does not recognize [in all these things that good and evil are randomly scattered throughout nature and human life] That the hand of the Lord has done this, In whose hand is the life of every living thing, And the breath of all mankind? 11Does the ear not put words to the test, Just as the palate tastes its food [distinguishing between the desirable and the undesirable]? 12With the aged [you say] is wisdom, And with long life is understanding.
Read all of Job 12Job 12:10 word by word
אֲשֶׁ֣ר בְּ֭יָדוֹ נֶ֣פֶשׁ כָּל־חָ֑י וְ֝ר֗וּחַ כָּל־בְּשַׂר־אִֽישׁ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 12:10
- Numbers 16:22But they fell on their faces [before the Lord], and said, “O God, God of the spirits of all flesh! When one man sins, will You be angry with the entire congregation?”
- Daniel 5:23And you have exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven, and the vessels of His house have been brought before you, and you and your nobles, your wives and your concubines have been drinking wine from them; and you have praised the gods of silver and gold, of bronze, iron, wood and stone, which do not see or hear or understand. But the God who holds in His hand your breath of life and your ways you have not honored and glorified [but have dishonored and defied].
- Acts 17:25nor is He served by human hands, as though He needed anything, because it is He who gives to all [people] life and breath and all things.
- Job 27:3As long as my life is within me, And the breath of God is [still] in my nostrils,
- Job 34:14If God should determine to do so, If He should gather to Himself [that is, withdraw from man] His [life-giving] spirit and His breath,
- Genesis 2:7then the Lord God formed [that is, created the body of] man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and the man became a living being [an individual complete in body and spirit].
- Genesis 6:17For behold, I, even I, will bring a flood of waters on the earth, to destroy all life under the heavens in which there is the breath and spirit of life; everything that is on the land shall die.
- Psalms 104:29You hide Your face, they are dismayed; You take away their breath, they die And return to their dust.
- Psalms 146:3Do not trust in princes, In mortal man, in whom there is no salvation (help).
- John 3:6That which is born of the flesh is flesh [the physical is merely physical], and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
Commentaries on Job 12:10
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10In whose hand is the soul of every living thing - חי כל נפש nephesh col chai, "the soul of all life." And the breath of all mankind - בשר כל ורוח veruach col besar, "and the spirit or breath of all flesh." Does not the first refer to the immortal soul, the principle of all intellectual life; and the latter to the breath, respiration, the grand means by which animal existence is continued? See Job 10:1.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10In whose hand is the soul of every living thing - Margin, “Life.” The margin is the more correct rendering. The idea is, that all are under the control of God. He gives life, and health, and happiness when he pleases, and when he chooses he takes them away. His sovereignty is manifested, says Job, in the inferior creation, or among the beasts of the field, the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of heaven. And the breath of all mankind - Margin, “Flesh of…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-11Verses 6-11 Job appeals to facts. The most audacious robbers, oppressors, and impious wretches, often prosper. Yet this is not by fortune or chance; the Lord orders these things. Worldly prosperity is of small value in his sight: he has better things for his children. Job resolves all into the absolute proprietorship which God has in all the creatures. He demands from his friends liberty to judge of what they had said; he appeals to any fair judgment…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. the soul--that is, the animal life. Man, reasons Job, is subjected to the same laws as the lower animals.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 12
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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