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Eliphaz: The Innocent Prosper

Job 4:9

In 11 translations

BSB
By the breath of God they perish, and by the blast of His anger they are consumed.
KJV
By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed.by the breath…: that is, by his anger
WEB
By the breath of God they perish. By the blast of his anger are they consumed.
ASV
By the breath of God they perish, And by the blast of his anger are they consumed.
LSV
From the breath of God they perish, || And from the spirit of His anger [are] consumed.
YLT
From the breath of God they perish, And from the spirit of His anger consumed.
DBY
By the breath of God they perish, and by the blast of his nostrils are they consumed.Eloah
DRC
Perishing by the blast of God, and consumed by the spirit of his wrath.
GNV
With the blast of God they perish, and with the breath of his nostrels are they cosumed.
JPS
By the breath of God they perish, and by the blast of His anger are they consumed.
LXXE
They shall perish by the command of the Lord, and shall be utterly consumed by the breath of his wrath.

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Original-language editions

WLC
מִנִּשְׁמַ֣ת אֱל֣וֹהַ יֹאבֵ֑דוּ וּמֵר֖וּחַ אַפּ֣וֹ יִכְלֽוּ׃
LXX-Br
Ἀπὸ προστάγματος Κυρίου ἀπολοῦνται, ἀπὸ δὲ πνεύματος ὀργῆς αὐτοῦ ἀφανισθήσονται.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Job 15:30He will not escape from the darkness; the flame will wither his shoots, and the breath of God’s mouth will carry him away.
  • Isaiah 30:33For Topheth has long been prepared; it has been made ready for the king. Its funeral pyre is deep and wide, with plenty of fire and wood. The breath of the LORD, like a torrent of burning sulfur, sets it ablaze.
  • 2 Thessalonians 2:8And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will slay with the breath of His mouth and annihilate by the majesty of His arrival.
  • Isaiah 11:4but with righteousness He will judge the poor, and with equity He will decide for the lowly of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of His mouth and slay the wicked with the breath of His lips.
  • Psalms 18:15The channels of the sea appeared, and the foundations of the world were exposed, at Your rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of Your nostrils.
  • Revelation 2:16Therefore repent! Otherwise I will come to you shortly and wage war against them with the sword of My mouth.
  • Exodus 15:10But You blew with Your breath, and the sea covered them. They sank like lead in the mighty waters.
  • Exodus 15:8At the blast of Your nostrils the waters piled up; like a wall the currents stood firm; the depths congealed in the heart of the sea.
  • Job 1:19when suddenly a mighty wind swept in from the desert and struck the four corners of the house. It collapsed on the young people and they are dead, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”
  • Job 40:13Bury them together in the dust; imprison them in the grave.
  • 2 Kings 19:7Behold, I will put a spirit in him so that he will hear a rumor and return to his own land, where I will cause him to fall by the sword.’”

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