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Job 4:9

They lost the breath God gave them. They were cut off from his breath of life.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Blasting;   Breath;   Faith;   Wicked (People);   Thompson Chain Reference - Breath;  

Dictionaries:

- Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Greatness of God;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Breath;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Blast;   Breath;   Eliphaz (2);   Spirit;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Eliphaz;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
They perish at a single blast from Godand come to an end by the breath of his nostrils.
Hebrew Names Version
By the breath of God they perish, By the blast of his anger are they consumed.
King James Version
By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed.
English Standard Version
By the breath of God they perish, and by the blast of his anger they are consumed.
New Century Version
God's breath destroys them, and a blast of his anger kills them.
New English Translation
By the breath of God they perish, and by the blast of his anger they are consumed.
Amplified Bible
"By the breath of God they perish, And by the blast of His anger they are consumed.
New American Standard Bible
"By the breath of God they perish, And by the blast of His anger they come to an end.
World English Bible
By the breath of God they perish, By the blast of his anger are they consumed.
Geneva Bible (1587)
With the blast of God they perish, and with the breath of his nostrels are they cosumed.
Legacy Standard Bible
By the breath of God they perish,And by the wind of His anger they come to an end.
Berean Standard Bible
By the breath of God they perish, and by the blast of His anger they are consumed.
Contemporary English Version
and then they are swept away by the angry breath of God.
Complete Jewish Bible
At a breath from God, they perish; at a blast from his anger, they are consumed.
Darby Translation
By the breath of +God they perish, and by the blast of his nostrils are they consumed.
George Lamsa Translation
By the breath of God they perish, and by the blast of his anger they are consumed.
Good News Translation
Like a storm, God destroys them in his anger.
Lexham English Bible
By the breath of God they perish, and by the blast of his anger they come to an end.
Literal Translation
They perish from the breath of God, and by the blast of His anger they are consumed.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
For whe God bloweth vpon them, they perysh, and are destroyed thorow the blast of his wrath.
American Standard Version
By the breath of God they perish, And by the blast of his anger are they consumed.
Bible in Basic English
By the breath of God destruction takes them, and by the wind of his wrath they are cut off.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
With the blast of God they perishe, with the breath of his nostrels are they consumed away.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
By the breath of God they perish, and by the blast of His anger are they consumed.
King James Version (1611)
By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
They shall perish by the command of the Lord, and shall be utterly consumed by the breath of his wrath.
English Revised Version
By the breath of God they perish, and by the blast of his anger are they consumed.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and repen tho, to haue perischid bi God blowynge, and to be wastid bi the spirit of his ire.
Update Bible Version
By the breath of God they perish, And by the blast of his anger are they consumed.
Webster's Bible Translation
By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed.
New King James Version
By the blast of God they perish, And by the breath of His anger they are consumed.
New Living Translation
A breath from God destroys them. They vanish in a blast of his anger.
New Life Bible
By the breath of God they are destroyed. They are destroyed by the wind of His anger.
New Revised Standard
By the breath of God they perish, and by the blast of his anger they are consumed.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
By the blast of GOD, they perish, And, by the breath of his nostrils, are they consumed:
Douay-Rheims Bible
Perishing by the blast of God, and consumed by the spirit of his wrath.
Revised Standard Version
By the breath of God they perish, and by the blast of his anger they are consumed.
Young's Literal Translation
From the breath of God they perish, And from the spirit of His anger consumed.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"By the breath of God they perish, And by the blast of His anger they come to an end.

Contextual Overview

7 Can you think of any innocent person who was ever destroyed? Do you know of any place where good people are punished? 8 Yes, I have seen people whose lives were cut short, but they were evil troublemakers. 9 They lost the breath God gave them. They were cut off from his breath of life. 10 They were like roaring lions, like growling lions with broken teeth— 11 like a lioness that cannot find prey. They died, and their cubs starved to death.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the blast: Exodus 15:8, Exodus 15:10, 2 Kings 19:7, Psalms 18:15

by the breath of his nostrils: that is, by his anger, Job 1:19, Job 15:30, Isaiah 11:4, Isaiah 30:33, 2 Thessalonians 2:8, Revelation 2:16

Reciprocal: Numbers 14:41 - but it shall 2 Samuel 22:9 - went Job 32:13 - God Isaiah 37:7 - I will Isaiah 40:24 - he shall also

Cross-References

Genesis 4:9
Later, the Lord said to Cain, "Where is your brother Abel?" Cain answered, "I don't know. Is it my job to watch over my brother?"
Genesis 4:13
Then Cain said to the Lord , "This punishment is more than I can bear!
Genesis 4:14
You are forcing me to leave the land, and I will not be able to be near you or have a home! Now I must wander from place to place, and anyone I meet could kill me."
Genesis 37:32
Then the brothers showed the coat to their father. And the brothers said, "We found this coat. Is this Joseph's coat?"
Psalms 9:12
He punishes murderers and remembers those who are in need. When suffering people cry for help, he does not ignore them.
Proverbs 28:13
Whoever hides their sins will not be successful, but whoever confesses their sins and stops doing wrong will receive mercy.
John 8:44
Your father is the devil. You belong to him. You want to do what he wants. He was a murderer from the beginning. He was always against the truth. There is no truth in him. He is like the lies he tells. Yes, the devil is a liar. He is the father of lies.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

By the blast of God they perish,.... They and their works, the ploughers, sowers, and reapers of iniquity; the allusion is to the blasting of corn by the east wind, or by mildew, c. having used the figures of ploughing and sowing before and which is as soon and as easily done as corn, or anything else, is blasted in the above manner; and denotes the sudden and easy destruction of wicked men by the power of God, stirred up by his wrath and indignation, because of their sins; who when he blows a blast on their persons, substance, and families, they perish at once:

and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed; meaning his wrath and anger, which is like a stream of brimstone, and kindles a fire on the wicked, which are as fuel to it, and are soon consumed by it; the allusion is to breath in a man's nostrils, and the heat of his wrath and fury discovered thereby: some think this refers to Job's children being destroyed by the wind, see Isaiah 11:4.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

By the blast of God - That is, by the judgment of God. The figure is taken from the hot and fiery wind, which, sweeping over a field of grain, dries it up and destroys it. In like manner Eliphaz says the wicked perish before God.

And by the breath of his nostrils - By his anger. The Scripture often speaks of breathing out indignation and wrath; Acts 9:1; Psalms 27:12; 2 Samuel 22:16; Psalms 18:15; Psalms 33:6; notes at Isaiah 11:4; notes at Isaiah 30:28; notes at Isaiah 33:11. The figure was probably taken from the violent breathing which is evinced when the mind is under any strong emotion, especially anger. It refers here to any judgment by which God cuts off the wicked, but especially to sudden calamity - like a tempest or the pestilence.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Job 4:9. By the blast of God they perish — As the noxious and parching east wind blasts and destroys vegetation, so the wicked perish under the indignation of the Almighty.


 
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