King James Version
Job 33:4
4The Spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life.
Job 33:4 in other versions
- New International Version (NIV)The Spirit of God has made me; the breath of the Almighty gives me life.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The Spirit of God has made me, And the breath of the Almighty gives me life.
- New Living Translation (NLT)For the Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.
Context of Job 33:4
2Behold, now I have opened my mouth, my tongue hath spoken in my mouth. 3My words shall be of the uprightness of my heart: and my lips shall utter knowledge clearly. The Spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life. 5If thou canst answer me, set thy words in order before me, stand up. 6Behold, I am according to thy wish in God’s stead: I also am formed out of the clay.
Read all of Job 33Job 33:4 word by word
רֽוּחַ־אֵ֥ל עָשָׂ֑תְנִי וְנִשְׁמַ֖ת שַׁדַּ֣י תְּחַיֵּֽנִי׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Job 33:4
- Job 10:12Thou hast granted me life and favour, and thy visitation hath preserved my spirit.
- Job 32:8But there is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding.
- Genesis 2:7And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
- Psalms 33:6By the word of the Lord were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.
- Romans 8:2For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.
- 1 Corinthians 15:45And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.
Commentaries on Job 33:4
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4The Spirit of God hath made me - Another plain allusion to the account of the creation of man, Genesis 2:7, as the words נשמת nishmath, the breath or breathing of God, and תחיני techaiyeni, hath given me life, prove: "He breathed into his nostrils the breath of lives, and he became a living soul."Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4The Spirit of God hath made me; - see the notes at Job 32:8. There is an evident allusion in this verse to the mode in which man was created, when God breathed into him the breath of life and he became a living being; Genesis 2:7. But it is not quite clear why Elihu adverts here to the fact that God had made him, or what is the bearing of this fact on what he proposed to say. The most probable supposition is, that he means to state that he is, like Job, a…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. The Spirit of God hath made me--as He did thee: latter clause of Job 33:6 (Ge 2:7). Therefore thou needest not fear me, as thou wouldest God (Job 33:7; Job 9:34). On the other hand, "the breath of the Almighty hath inspired me" (as Job 32:8); not as English Version, "given me life"; therefore "I am according to thy wish (Job 9:32, 33) in God's stead" to thee; a "daysman," umpire, or mediator, between God and thee. So Elihu was designed by the Holy…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 33
- 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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