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Job 12:10

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

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Atheism;   Design;   God;   Philosophy;   Religion;   Wisdom;   The Topic Concordance - God;   Government;   Nations;   Strength;   Wisdom;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Life, Natural;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Soul;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Animals;   Death, Mortality;   Providence of God;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Greatness of God;   Hypocrisy;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Breath;   Job, the Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Breathing;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Mankind;   Providence;   Spirit;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Holy Spirit;   Judah I.;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The life of every living thing is in his hand,as well as the breath of all mankind.
Hebrew Names Version
In whose hand is the life of every living thing, The breath of all mankind?
King James Version
In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind.
English Standard Version
In his hand is the life of every living thing and the breath of all mankind.
New Century Version
The life of every creature and the breath of all people are in God's hand.
New English Translation
in whose hand is the life of every creature and the breath of all the human race.
New American Standard Bible
In whose hand is the life of every living thing, And the breath of all mankind?
World English Bible
In whose hand is the life of every living thing, The breath of all mankind?
Geneva Bible (1587)
In whose hande is the soule of euery liuing thing, and the breath of all mankinde.
Legacy Standard Bible
In whose hand is the life of every living thing,And the breath of all the flesh of man?
Berean Standard Bible
The life of every living thing is in His hand, as well as the breath of all mankind.
Contemporary English Version
Every living creature is in the hands of God.
Complete Jewish Bible
In his hand is the life of every living thing and the spirit of every human being.
Darby Translation
In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the spirit of all flesh of man.
Easy-to-Read Version
Every animal that lives and everyone who breathes— they are all under God's power.
George Lamsa Translation
Because in his hand are the souls of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind.
Good News Translation
It is God who directs the lives of his creatures; everyone's life is in his power.
Lexham English Bible
In whose hand is the life of all living things and the breath of every human being?
Literal Translation
in whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all flesh, even of man?
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
In whose honde is the soule of euery lyuynge thinge, and the breth of all men.
American Standard Version
In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, And the breath of all mankind?
Bible in Basic English
In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all flesh of man.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind.--
King James Version (1611)
In whose hand is the soule of euery liuing thing, and the breath of all mankinde.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
In whose hande is the soule of euery liuing thing, and the breath of all mankinde.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Whereas the life of all living things is in his hand, and the breath of every man.
English Revised Version
In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
In whos hond the soule is of ech lyuynge thing, and the spirit, `that is, resonable soule, of ech fleisch of man.
Update Bible Version
In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, And the breath of all mankind?
Webster's Bible Translation
In whose hand [is] the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind.
New King James Version
In whose hand is the life of every living thing, And the breath of all mankind?
New Living Translation
For the life of every living thing is in his hand, and the breath of every human being.
New Life Bible
In His hand is the life of every living thing and the breath of all men.
New Revised Standard
In his hand is the life of every living thing and the breath of every human being.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the spirit of all the flesh of men.
Douay-Rheims Bible
In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the spirit of all flesh of man.
Revised Standard Version
In his hand is the life of every living thing and the breath of all mankind.
Young's Literal Translation
In whose hand [is] the breath of every living thing, And the spirit of all flesh of man.'
New American Standard Bible (1995)
In whose hand is the life of every living thing, And the breath of all mankind?

Contextual Overview

6"The tents of the destroyers prosper; And those who provoke God are [apparently] secure, Whom God brings into their power. 7"Now ask the animals, and let them teach you [that God does not deal with His creatures according to their character]; And ask the birds of the air, and let them tell you; 8Or speak to the earth [with its many forms of life], and it will teach you; And let the fish of the sea declare [this truth] to you. 9"Who among all these does not recognize [in all these things that good and evil are randomly scattered throughout nature and human life] That the hand of the LORD has done this, 10In whose hand is the life of every living thing, And the breath of all mankind?11"Does the ear not put words to the test, Just as the palate tastes its food [distinguishing between the desirable and the undesirable]?

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

whose hand: Numbers 16:22, Daniel 5:23, Acts 17:25, Acts 17:28

soul: or, life

the breath: Job 27:3, Job 34:14, Job 34:15, Genesis 2:7, Genesis 6:17, Psalms 104:29, Psalms 146:3, Psalms 146:4

mankind: Heb. flesh of man, John 3:6

Reciprocal: Numbers 26:51 - General Numbers 27:16 - the Lord 1 Kings 17:17 - that there was Job 12:15 - Behold Job 14:5 - his days Job 21:16 - Lo Psalms 90:3 - Thou Isaiah 42:5 - he that giveth Hebrews 12:9 - the Father

Cross-References

Genesis 12:1
Now [in Haran] the LORD had said to Abram, "Go away from your country, And from your relatives And from your father's house, To the land which I will show you;
Genesis 12:2
And I will make you a great nation, And I will bless you [abundantly], And make your name great (exalted, distinguished); And you shall be a blessing [a source of great good to others];
Genesis 12:3
And I will bless (do good for, benefit) those who bless you, And I will curse [that is, subject to My wrath and judgment] the one who curses (despises, dishonors, has contempt for) you. And in you all the families (nations) of the earth will be blessed."
Genesis 12:4
So Abram departed [in faithful obedience] as the LORD had directed him; and Lot [his nephew] left with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he left Haran.
Genesis 12:8
Then he moved on from there to the mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east; and there he built an altar to the LORD and called on the name of the LORD [in worship through prayer, praise, and thanksgiving].
Genesis 12:18
Then Pharaoh called Abram and said, "What is this that you have done to me? Why did you not tell me that she was your wife?
Genesis 42:5
So the sons of Israel came [to Egypt] to buy grain along with the others who were coming, for famine was in the land of Canaan also.
Genesis 43:1
Now the famine was very severe in the land [of Canaan].
Genesis 47:13
Now [in the course of time] there was no food in all the land, for the famine was distressingly severe, so that the land of Egypt and all the land of Canaan languished [in destitution and starvation] because of the famine.
Ruth 1:1
In the days when the judges governed [Israel], there was a famine in the land [of Canaan]. And a certain man of Bethlehem in Judah went to live temporarily in the country of Moab with his wife and his two sons.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

In whose hand [is] the soul of every living thing,.... Of every animal, of every brute creature, as distinct from man, in the next clause: the life of everyone of them is from him, and it is continued by him as long as he pleases, nor can it be taken away without his leave; two sparrows, which are not worth more than a farthing, not one of them falls to the ground, or dies without the knowledge and will of God, Matthew 10:29; of the soul or spirit of beasts, see Ecclesiastes 3:21;

and the breath of all mankind; the breath of man is originally from God, he at first breathed into man the breath of life; and though this is in his nostrils, which makes him of little account, yet it would not continue there long, was it not in the hand, and under the care and providence of God; the breath of a king, as well as the heart of a king, is in the hand of the Lord: the breath of that great monarch Belshazzar, king of Babylon, was in the hand of God, Daniel 5:23; and so is the breath of every peasant; and as when he takes away the breath of other creatures, they die and return to the dust; such is the case of man when God takes away his breath; all our times are in his hand, to be born, to live and die, all is at his dispose: or "the spirit of all the flesh of men" p, or of all men's flesh; his rational soul, as distinguished from his flesh or body, this is from God, supported in its being by him, and ever will be, being immortal, and will never die.

p רוח כל בשר איש "spiritus omnis carnis viri?" Pagninus, Montanus, Schmidt, Schultens, Michaelis.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

In whose hand is the soul of every living thing - Margin, “Life.” The margin is the more correct rendering. The idea is, that all are under the control of God. He gives life, and health, and happiness when he pleases, and when he chooses he takes them away. His sovereignty is manifested, says Job, in the inferior creation, or among the beasts of the field, the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of heaven.

And the breath of all mankind - Margin, “Flesh of man.” The margin is in accordance with the Hebrew. The meaning is, that man is subjected to the same laws as the rest of the creation. God is a sovereign, and the same great principles of administration may be seen in all his works.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Job 12:10. In whose hand is the soul of every living thing — נפש כל חי nephesh col chai, "the soul of all life."

And the breath of all mankind. — ורוח כל בשר veruach col besar, "and the spirit or breath of all flesh." Does not the first refer to the immortal soul, the principle of all intellectual life; and the latter to the breath, respiration, the grand means by which animal existence is continued? See Job 10:1.


 
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