New Living Translation
Job 33:4
4For the Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.
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
2Now that I have begun to speak, let me continue. 3I speak with all sincerity; I speak the truth. For the Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life. 5Answer me, if you can; make your case and take your stand. 6Look, you and I both belong to God. I, too, was formed from clay.
Read all of Job 33Job 33:4 word by word
רֽוּחַ־אֵ֥ל עָשָׂ֑תְנִי וְנִשְׁמַ֖ת שַׁדַּ֣י תְּחַיֵּֽנִי׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 33:4
- Job 10:12You gave me life and showed me your unfailing love. My life was preserved by your care.
- Job 32:8But there is a spirit within people, the breath of the Almighty within them, that makes them intelligent.
- Genesis 2:7Then the Lord God formed the man from the dust of the ground. He breathed the breath of life into the man’s nostrils, and the man became a living person.
- Psalms 33:6The Lord merely spoke, and the heavens were created. He breathed the word, and all the stars were born.
- Romans 8:2And because you belong to him, the power of the life-giving Spirit has freed you from the power of sin that leads to death.
- 1 Corinthians 15:45The Scriptures tell us, “The first man, Adam, became a living person.” But the last Adam—that is, Christ—is 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
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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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