Job 12:10 “The life of every living thing is in His hand, as well as the breath o…”

Job 12:10

The life of every living thing is in His hand, as well as the breath of all mankind.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind.

World English Bible

in whose hand is the life of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind?

American Standard Version

In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, And the breath of all mankind?

Geneva Bible 1599

In whose hande is the soule of euery liuing thing, and the breath of all mankinde.

Darby Translation

In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the spirit of all flesh of man.

Young's Literal Translation

In whose hand [is] the breath of every living thing, And the spirit of all flesh of man.'

Bible in Basic English

In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all flesh of man.

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Cross references

“whose hand”

Acts 17:28 Acts 17:25 Numbers 16:22 Daniel 5:23

Acts 17:28 · BSB

‘For in Him we live and move and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are His offspring.’

Acts 17:25 · BSB

Nor is He served by human hands, as if He needed anything, because He Himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else.

Numbers 16:22 · BSB

But 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 5:23 · BSB

Instead, 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 and…

“the breath”

Job 27:3 Psalm 104:29 Genesis 2:7 Genesis 6:17 Job 34:14 Job 34:15

Job 27:3 · BSB

as long as my breath is still within me and the breath of God remains in my nostrils,

Psalm 104:29 · BSB

When You hide Your face, they are terrified; when You take away their breath, they die and return to dust.

Genesis 2:7 · BSB

Then 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 6:17 · BSB

And 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.

Job 34:14 · BSB

If He were to set His heart to it and withdraw His Spirit and breath,

Job 34:15 · BSB

all flesh would perish together and mankind would return to the dust.

“mankind”

John 3:6

John 3:6 · BSB

Flesh is born of flesh, but spirit is born of the Spirit.

Also

Job 33:4

Job 33:4 · BSB

The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

9Which of all these does not know that the hand of the LORD has done this?

11Does not the ear test words as the tongue tastes its food?

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