English Standard Version
Job 12:10
10In his 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.
- New King James Version (NKJV)In whose hand is the life of every living thing, And the breath of all mankind?
- New Living Translation (NLT)For the life of every living thing is in his hand, and the breath of every human being.
Context of Job 12:10
8or the bushes of the earth, and they will teach you; and the fish of the sea will declare to you. 9Who among all these does not know that the hand of the Lord has done this? In his hand is the life of every living thing and the breath of all mankind. 11Does not the ear test words as the palate tastes food? 12Wisdom is with the aged, and understanding in length of days.
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 16:22And they fell on their faces and said, "O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and will you be angry with all the congregation?"
- Daniel 5:23but you have lifted up yourself against the Lord of heaven. And the vessels of his house have been brought in before you, and you and your lords, your wives, and your concubines have drunk 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 know, but the God in whose hand is your breath, and whose are all your ways, you have not honored.
- Acts 17:25nor is he served by human hands, as though he needed anything, since he himself gives to all mankind life and breath and everything.
- Job 27:3as long as my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils,
- Job 34:14If he should set his heart to it and gather to himself his spirit and his breath,
- Genesis 2:7then the Lord God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature.
- Genesis 6:17For behold, I will bring a flood of waters upon the earth to destroy all flesh in which is the breath of life under heaven. Everything that is on the earth shall die.
- Psalms 104:29When you hide your face, they are dismayed; when you take away their breath, they die and return to their dust.
- Psalms 146:3Put not your trust in princes, in a son of man, in whom there is no salvation.
- John 3:6That which is born of the flesh is flesh, 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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