3All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils;
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And 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.
The Spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life.
Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of?
But there is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding.
Neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-6)Job’s discourse here is called a parable (mashal ), the title of Solomon’s proverbs, because it was grave and weighty, and very instructive, and he spoke as one having authority. It comes from a word that signifies to rule , or have dominion ; and some think it intimates that Job now triumphed over his opponents, and spoke as one that had baffled them. We say of an excellent preacher that he knows…
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