Job 33:4

Job 33:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The Spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life.
• 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.

Context of Job 33:4

2Behold now, I open my mouth, My tongue in my mouth speaks. 3My words are from the uprightness of my heart, And my lips speak knowledge sincerely. The Spirit of God has made me, And the breath of the Almighty gives me life. 5Refute me if you can; Array yourselves before me, take your stand. 6Behold, I belong to God like you; I too have been formed out of the clay.

Job 33:4 word by word

רֽוּחַ־אֵ֥ל עָשָׂ֑תְנִי וְנִשְׁמַ֖ת שַׁדַּ֣י תְּחַיֵּֽנִי׃Read the interlinear

• Spiritרוּחַrûach · spiritH7307
• of Godאֵל'êl · GodH410
• has madeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
• breathנְשָׁמָהneshâmâh · breathH5397

Cross-references for Job 33:4

• Job 10:12You have granted me life and lovingkindness; And Your care has preserved my spirit.
• Job 32:8But it is a spirit in man, And the breath of the Almighty gives them understanding.
• Genesis 2:7Then the Lord God formed man of dust from the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being.
• Psalms 33:6By the word of the Lord the heavens were made, And by the breath of His mouth all their host.
• Romans 8:2For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and of death.
• 1 Corinthians 15:45So also it is written, “The first man, Adam, became a living soul.” The last Adam became a life-giving 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

Topics related to Job 33:4

• Breath
• God
• Holy Spirit
• Man

In the dictionaries

• God
• Account
• Elihu
• Path
• Ransom
• Soul
• Stick
• Wish
• Death
• Eschatology of the Old Testament

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