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Job 12:10

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

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ASV

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

KJV

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

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9 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.Sher[he] whomH834 →
בְּ֭יָדוֹbe.ya.do[is] in hand hisH3027 →
נֶ֣פֶשׁNe.fesh[the] life ofH5315 →
כָּל־kol-everyH3605 →
חָ֑יChailiving [thing]H2416 →
וְ֝ר֗וּחַve.Ru.achand [the] breath ofH7307 →
כָּל־kol-allH3605 →
בְּשַׂר־be.sar-flesh ofH1320 →
אִֽישׁ׃'IshhumankindH376 →

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Hebrews 12:9Furthermore, we have all had earthly fathers who disciplined us, and we respected them. Should we not much more submit to the Father of our spirits and live?Job 14:5Since his days are determined and the number of his months is with You, and since You have set limits that he cannot exceed,Acts 17:28‘For in Him we live and move and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are His offspring.’Job 33:4The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.Acts 17:25Nor is He served by human hands, as if He needed anything, because He Himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else.Isaiah 42:5This is what God the LORD says—He who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and its offspring, who gives breath to the people on it and life to those who walk in it:Job 27:3as long as my breath is still within me and the breath of God remains in my nostrils,Numbers 16:22But 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 5:23Instead, 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 gold, bronze and iron, wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or understand. But you have failed to glorify the God who holds in His hand your very breath and all your ways.Psalms 146:3–4Put not your trust in princes, in mortal man, who cannot save.John 3:6Flesh is born of flesh, but spirit is born of the Spirit.Job 34:14–15If He were to set His heart to it and withdraw His Spirit and breath,Psalms 104:29When You hide Your face, they are terrified; when You take away their breath, they die and return to dust.Genesis 2:7Then 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 6:17And 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.Psalms 90:3You return man to dust, saying, “Return, O sons of mortals.”Job 12:15If He holds back the waters, they dry up, and if He releases them, they overwhelm the land.1 Kings 17:17Later, the son of the woman who owned the house became ill, and his sickness grew worse and worse, until no breath remained in him.

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Job Hears of His Misfortunes — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Job Hears of His Misfortunes — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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