Tree of Life Version
Job 4:9
9By the breath of God they perish; by the blast of His anger they vanish.
Job 4:9 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed.
- New International Version (NIV)At the breath of God they perish; at the blast of his anger they are no more.
- English Standard Version (ESV)By the breath of God they perish, and by the blast of his anger they are consumed.
- New King James Version (NKJV)By the blast of God they perish, And by the breath of His anger they are consumed.
Context of Job 4:9
7Reflect now: Who, being innocent, ever perished? And where were the upright destroyed? 8As I have seen, those who plow iniquity and sow harm, reap them. By the breath of God they perish; by the blast of His anger they vanish. 10The lion may roar and the cub growl, but the teeth of young lions are broken. 11The mighty lion perishes for lack of prey and the lioness’ cubs are scattered.
Read all of Job 4Job 4:9 word by word
מִנִּשְׁמַ֣ת אֱל֣וֹהַ יֹאבֵ֑דוּ וּמֵר֖וּחַ אַפּ֣וֹ יִכְלֽוּ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 4:9
- Exodus 15:8With the blast of Your nostrils the waters piled up. The floods stood upright as a heap. The deeps became firm ground in the heart of the sea.
- 2 Kings 19:7Behold, I am putting a spirit in him, and he will hear a rumor, and will return to his own country; then I will make him fall by the sword in his own land.’”
- Psalms 18:15He shot His arrows and scattered them, hurled lightning bolts and routed them.
- Job 1:19when suddenly a mighty wind came from beyond the wilderness and struck the four corners of the house, and it collapsed on the young people and they died. And I—only I alone—escaped to tell you!”
- Job 15:30He will not escape from the darkness; a flame will wither his shoots, and he will depart by the breath of His mouth.
- Isaiah 11:4But with righteousness He will judge the poor, and decide with fairness for the poor of the land. He will strike the land with the rod of His mouth, and with the breath of His lips He will slay the wicked.
- Isaiah 30:33For Topheth has long been ready, prepared for the king, its fire pit made deep and wide, a pyre of fire with plenty of wood. The breath of Adonai, like a torrent of brimstone, sets it aflame.
- 2 Thessalonians 2:8Then the lawless one will be revealed. The Lord Yeshua will slay him with the breath of His mouth and wipe him out with the appearance of His coming.
- Revelation 2:16Repent then! If not, I will come to you soon and make war against them with the sword of My mouth.
Commentaries on Job 4:9
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9By the blast of God they perish - As the noxious and parching east wind blasts and destroys vegetation, so the wicked perish under the indignation of the Almighty.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9By the blast of God - That is, by the judgment of God. The figure is taken from the hot and fiery wind, which, sweeping over a field of grain, dries it up and destroys it. In like manner Eliphaz says the wicked perish before God. And by the breath of his nostrils - By his anger. The Scripture often speaks of breathing out indignation and wrath; Acts 9:1; Psalm 27:12; 2 Samuel 22:16; Psalm 18:15; Psalm 33:6; notes at Isaiah 11:4; notes at Isaiah 30:28…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-11Verses 7-11 Eliphaz argues, 1. That good men were never thus ruined. But there is one event both to the righteous and to the wicked, Ec 9:2, both in life and death; the great and certain difference is after death. Our worst mistakes are occasioned by drawing wrong views from undeniable truths. 2. That wicked men were often thus ruined: for the proof of this, Eliphaz vouches his own observation. We may see the same every day.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9by the blast of His anger they are consumed: Eliphaz saw the wind in 1:19 as God's judgment (compare Isaiah 40:7; Hosea 13:15).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. breath of his nostrils--God's anger; a figure from the fiery winds of the East (Job 1:16; Is 5:25; Psa 18:8, 15).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 4
- 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
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