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

1Moreover Job continued his parable, and said, 2As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who hath afflicted my soul; All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils; 4My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit. 5Far be it from me that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove my integrity from me.

Job 27:3 word by word

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

• whileעוֹד‛ôd ‛ôd · stillH5750
• breathנְשָׁמָהneshâmâh · breathH5397
• spiritרוּחַrûach · spiritH7307
• Godאֱלֹהַּ'ĕlôahh 'ĕlôahh · godH433
• nostrilsאַף'aph · face: noseH639

Cross-references for Job 27:3

• 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.
• Isaiah 2:22Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for why is he to be esteemed?
• Acts 17:25Neither is worshipped with men’s hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;

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