Berean Standard Bible
Job 12:10
10The life of every living thing is in His hand, as well as 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, and it will teach you; let the fish of the sea inform you. 9Which of all these does not know that the hand of the LORD has done this? The life of every living thing is in His hand, as well as the breath of all mankind. 11Does not the ear test words as the tongue tastes its food? 12Wisdom is found with the elderly, and understanding comes with long life.
Read all of Job 12Job 12:10 word by word
אֲשֶׁ֣ר בְּ֭יָדוֹ נֶ֣פֶשׁ כָּל־חָ֑י וְ֝ר֗וּחַ כָּל־בְּשַׂר־אִֽישׁ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Job 12:10
- Numbers 16:22But Moses and Aaron fell facedown and said, “O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, when one man sins, will You be angry with the whole congregation?”
- Daniel 5:23Instead, you have exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven. The vessels from His house were brought to you, and as you drank wine from them with your nobles, wives, and concubines, you praised your gods of silver and gold, bronze and iron, wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or understand. But you have failed to glorify the God who holds in His hand your very breath and all your ways.
- Acts 17:25Nor is He served by human hands, as if He needed anything, because He Himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else.
- Job 27:3as long as my breath is still within me and the breath of God remains in my nostrils,
- Job 34:14If He were to set His heart to it and withdraw His Spirit and breath,
- Genesis 2:7Then the LORD God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being.
- Genesis 6:17And behold, I will bring floodwaters upon the earth to destroy every creature under the heavens that has the breath of life. Everything on the earth will perish.
- Psalms 104:29When You hide Your face, they are terrified; when You take away their breath, they die and return to dust.
- Psalms 146:3Put not your trust in princes, in mortal man, who cannot save.
- John 3:6Flesh is born of flesh, but spirit is born of the 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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