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Job 34:14

If he set his heart upon man, if he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath;

KJV

Si direxerit ad eum cor suum, spiritum illius et flatum ad se trahet.

Vulgate

εἰ γὰρ βούλοιτο συνέχειν, καὶ τὸ πνεῦμα παρ’ αὐτῷ κατασχεῖν,

LXX

If he set his heart upon himself, Ifhe gather unto himself his spirit and his breath;

ASV

אִם יָשִׂ֣ים אֵלָ֣י/ו לִבּ֑/וֹ רוּח֥/וֹ וְ֝/נִשְׁמָת֗/וֹ אֵלָ֥י/ו יֶאֱסֹֽף

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אִם
'm
conjunction · 1065×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
י
y
noun · 591×
יֶּאֱסֹ֥ף
y'sp
verb · 200×
יָּ֥שֶׂם
yshm
verb · 581×
נְשָׁמָֽה
nshmh
noun · 24×
ר֣וּחַ
rvch
noun · 377×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • Dan 4:35 — And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto h
  • Eccl 8:8 — There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in that war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are
  • Eccl 12:7 — Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
  • Isa 40:15 — Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance: behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing.
  • 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
  • Isa 43:13 — Yea, before the day was I am he; and there is none that can deliver out of my hand: I will work, and who shall let it?
  • Isa 57:16 — For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth: for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls which I have made.
  • Job 1:8 — And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil?
  • Job 7:17 — What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him?
  • Job 7:17 — What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him?
  • Job 9:4 — He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and hath prospered?
  • Job 12:10 — In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind.
  • 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 104:29 — Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.