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Job 12:10

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

KJV

In cujus manu anima omnis viventis, et spiritus universæ carnis hominis.

Vulgate

εἰ μὴ ἐν χειρὶ αὐτοῦ ψυχὴ πάντων ζώντων καὶ πνεῦμα παντὸς ἀνθρώπου;

LXX

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

ASV

אֲשֶׁ֣ר בְּ֭/יָד/וֹ נֶ֣פֶשׁ כָּל חָ֑י וְ֝/ר֗וּחַ כָּל בְּשַׂר אִֽישׁ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
וֹ
v
noun · 269×
וֹ
v
noun · 1620×
חַי
chy
verb · 502×
י
y
noun · 752×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
ר֣וּחַ
rvch
noun · 377×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Acts 17:25 — Neither is worshipped with men’s hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;
  • Acts 17:25 — Neither is worshipped with men’s hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;
  • Acts 17:28 — For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.
  • Acts 17:28 — For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.
  • Dan 5:23 — But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and
  • Dan 5:23 — But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and
  • Gen 2:7 — And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
  • Gen 6:17 — And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die.
  • Heb 12:9 — Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?
  • Isa 42:5 — Thus saith God the LORD, he that created the heavens, and stretched them out; he that spread forth the earth, and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit
  • Job 14:5 — Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;
  • Job 27:3 — All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils;
  • Job 33:4 — The spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life.
  • Job 34:14 — If he set his heart upon man, if he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath;
  • John 3:6 — That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
  • Num 16:22 — And they fell upon their faces, and said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and wilt thou be wroth with all the congregation?
  • Num 16:22 — And they fell upon their faces, and said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and wilt thou be wroth with all the congregation?
  • Ps 90:3 — Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men.
  • Ps 104:29 — Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.
  • Ps 146:3 — Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.