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New Living Translation

Job 12:10

For the life of every living thing is in his hand, and the breath of every human being.

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.
Amplified Bible
In whose hand is the life of every living thing, And the breath of all mankind?
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 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 But robbers are left in peace, and those who provoke God live in safety— though God keeps them in his power. 7 "Just ask the animals, and they will teach you. Ask the birds of the sky, and they will tell you. 8 Speak to the earth, and it will instruct you. Let the fish in the sea speak to you. 9 For they all know that my disaster has come from the hand of the Lord . 10 For the life of every living thing is in his hand, and the breath of every human being. 11 The ear tests the words it hears just as the mouth distinguishes between foods.

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
The Lord had said to Abram, "Leave your native country, your relatives, and your father's family, and go to the land that I will show you.
Genesis 12:2
I will make you into a great nation. I will bless you and make you famous, and you will be a blessing to others.
Genesis 12:3
I will bless those who bless you and curse those who treat you with contempt. All the families on earth will be blessed through you."
Genesis 12:4
So Abram departed as the Lord had instructed, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he left Haran.
Genesis 12:8
After that, Abram traveled south and set up camp in the hill country, with Bethel to the west and Ai to the east. There he built another altar and dedicated it to the Lord , and he worshiped the Lord .
Genesis 12:18
So Pharaoh summoned Abram and accused him sharply. "What have you done to me?" he demanded. "Why didn't you tell me she was your wife?
Genesis 42:5
So Jacob's sons arrived in Egypt along with others to buy food, for the famine was in Canaan as well.
Genesis 43:1
But the famine continued to ravage the land of Canaan.
Genesis 47:13
Meanwhile, the famine became so severe that all the food was used up, and people were starving throughout the lands of Egypt and Canaan.
Ruth 1:1
In the days when the judges ruled in Israel, a severe famine came upon the land. So a man from Bethlehem in Judah left his home and went to live in the country of Moab, taking his wife and two sons with him.

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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