Job 27:3

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“as long as my breath is still within me and the breath of God remains in my nostrils,”

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BSBPD

“as long as my breath is still within me and the breath of God remains in my nostrils,”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils;”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“(For my life is yet whole in me, And the spirit of God is in my nostrils);”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“For all the while my breath <FI>is<Fi> in me, And the spirit of God in my nostrils.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Job 27:3 — 5 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 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.
  2. Job 32:8But there is a spirit in a man, the breath of the Almighty, that gives him understanding.
  3. Job 33:4The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.
  4. Isaiah 2:22Put no more trust in man, who has only the breath in his nostrils. Of what account is he?
  5. 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.

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