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Job Presents His Case

Job 12:10

In 11 translations

BSB
The life of every living thing is in His hand, as well as the breath of all mankind.
KJV
In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind.soul: or, lifeall…: Heb. all flesh of man
WEB
in whose hand is the life of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind?
ASV
In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, And the breath of all mankind?
LSV
In whose hand [is] the breath of every living thing, || And the spirit of all flesh of man.
YLT
In whose hand [is] the breath of every living thing, And the spirit of all flesh of man.'
DBY
In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the spirit of all flesh of man.
DRC
In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the spirit of all flesh of man.
GNV
In whose hande is the soule of euery liuing thing, and the breath of all mankinde.
JPS
In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind. —
LXXE
Whereas the life of all living things is in his hand, and the breath of every man.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
אֲשֶׁ֣ר בְּ֭יָדוֹ נֶ֣פֶשׁ כָּל־חָ֑י וְ֝ר֗וּחַ כָּל־בְּשַׂר־אִֽישׁ׃
LXX-Br
Εἰ μὴ ἐν χειρὶ αὐτοῦ ψυχὴ πάντων ζώντων, καὶ πνεῦμα παντὸς ἀνθρώπου.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Acts 17:28‘For in Him we live and move and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are His offspring.’
  • Job 33:4The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.
  • Acts 17:25Nor is He served by human hands, as if He needed anything, because He Himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else.
  • Job 27:3as long as my breath is still within me and the breath of God remains in my nostrils,
  • Numbers 16:22But Moses and Aaron fell facedown and said, “O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, when one man sins, will You be angry with the whole congregation?”
  • Daniel 5:23Instead, you have exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven. The vessels from His house were brought to you, and as you drank wine from them with your nobles, wives, and concubines, you praised your gods of silver…
  • Psalms 146:3–4Put not your trust in princes, in mortal man, who cannot save. When his spirit departs, he returns to the ground; on that very day his plans perish.
  • John 3:6Flesh is born of flesh, but spirit is born of the Spirit.
  • Psalms 104:29When You hide Your face, they are terrified; when You take away their breath, they die and return to dust.
  • Job 34:14–15If He were to set His heart to it and withdraw His Spirit and breath, all flesh would perish together and mankind would return to the dust.
  • Genesis 2:7Then the LORD God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being.
  • Genesis 6:17And behold, I will bring floodwaters upon the earth to destroy every creature under the heavens that has the breath of life. Everything on the earth will perish.

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