Job 27:3

Job 27:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils;
• New International Version (NIV)as long as I have life within me, the breath of God in my nostrils,
• English Standard Version (ESV)as long as my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils,
• New King James Version (NKJV)As long as my breath is in me, And the breath of God in my nostrils,

Context of Job 27:3

1Job continued his poems and said, 2“I swear an oath by God, the one who has taken away my rights, by the Almighty, who has made my life bitter: ‘As long as there is one breath ⌞left⌟ in me and God’s breath fills my nostrils, 4my lips will not say anything wrong, and my tongue will not mumble anything deceitful.’ 5It’s unthinkable for me to admit that you are right. Until I breathe my last breath, I will never give up my claim of integrity.

Job 27:3 word by word

כִּֽי־כָל־ע֣וֹד נִשְׁמָתִ֣י בִ֑י וְר֖וּחַ אֱל֣וֹהַּ בְּאַפִּֽי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• All the whileעוֹד‛ôd ‛ôd · stillH5750
• my breathנְשָׁמָהneshâmâh · breathH5397
• in me, and the spiritרוּחַrûach · spiritH7307
• of Godאֱלֹהַּ'ĕlôahh 'ĕlôahh · godH433
• in my nostrilsאַף'aph · face: noseH639

Cross-references for Job 27:3

• Genesis 2:7Then the Lord God formed the man from the dust of the earth and blew the breath of life into his nostrils. The man became a living being.
• Isaiah 2:22Stop trusting people. Their life is in their nostrils. How can they be worth anything?
• Acts 17:25and he isn’t served by humans as if he needed anything. He gives everyone life, breath, and everything they have.

Commentaries on Job 27:3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3All the while my breath is in me - As Job appears to allude to the creation of Adam, whom God made out of the dust of the earth, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, so that he became a living soul, the whole of Job's assertion may be no more than a periphrasis for As long as I live and have my understanding. Indeed נשמתי nishmathi may be rendered my mind or understanding, and אלוה רוח ruach Eloah, the breath of God, the principle of animal…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3And the spirit of God is in my nostrils - As long as I live. The “spirit of God” here means the breath that God breathed into man when he created him, Genesis 2:7. It would seem probable that there was an allusion to that fact by the language here, and that the knowledge of the way in which man was created was thus handed down by tradition.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. Implying Job's knowledge of the fact that the living soul was breathed into man by God (Ge 2:7). "All the while." But Maurer, "As yet all my breath is in me" (notwithstanding my trials): the reason why I can speak so boldly.Read the comment

Topics related to Job 27:3

• God
• Life

In the dictionaries

• God
• Deceit
• Heap
• Breath; Breathe; Breathing
• Chameleon
• Job, Book of
• Nose; Nostrils
• Psychology

Commentaries on Job 27

• 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
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings