◄ Job 12:10 ►
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Good News Translation
It is God who directs the lives of his creatures; everyone's life is in his power.

New Revised Standard Version
In his hand is the life of every living thing and the breath of every human being.

Contemporary English Version
Every living creature is in the hands of God.

New American Bible
In his hand is the soul of every living thing, and the life breath of all mortal flesh.

Douay-Rheims Bible
In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the spirit of all flesh of man.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the spirit of all flesh of man.

whose hand

Numbers 16:22 They fell flat on their face, and said: O most mighty, the God of the spirits of all flesh, for one man's sin shall thy wrath rage against all?

Daniel 5:23 But hast lifted thyself up against the Lord of heaven: and the vessels of his house have been brought before thee: and thou, and thy nobles, and thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them: and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and of gold, and of brass, of iron, and of wood, and of stone, that neither see, nor hear, nor feel: but the God who hath thy breath in his hand, and all thy ways, thou hast not glorified.

Acts 17:25,28 Neither is he served with men's hands, as though he needed any thing: seeing it is he who giveth to all life and breath and all things: . . .

soul.

Job 27:3 As long as breath remaineth in me, and the spirit of God in my nostrils,

Job 34:14,15 If he turn his heart to him, he shall draw his spirit and breath unto himself. . . .

Genesis 2:7 And the Lord God formed man of the slime of the earth: and breathed into his face the breath of life, and man became a living soul.

Genesis 6:17 Behold, I will bring the waters of a great flood upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life under heaven. All things that are in the earth shall be consumed.

Psalm 104:29 But if thou turnest away thy face, they shall be troubled: thou shalt take away their breath, and they shall fail, and shall return to their dust.

Psalm 146:3,4 In the children of men, in whom there is no salvation. . . .

mankind.

John 3:6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh: and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

Context
Job Responds to Zophar
…9Who is ignorant that the hand of the Lord hath made all these things? 10In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the spirit of all flesh of man.11Doth not the ear discern words, and the palate of him that eateth, the taste?…
Cross References
Acts 17:28
For in him we live and move and are: as some also of your own poets said: For we are also his offspring.

Job 27:3
As long as breath remaineth in me, and the spirit of God in my nostrils,

Job 27:8
For what is the hope of the hypocrite if through covetousness he take by violence, and God deliver not his soul?

Job 33:4
The spirit of God made me, and the breath of the Almighty gave me life.

Job 34:14
If he turn his heart to him, he shall draw his spirit and breath unto himself.

Ecclesiastes 9:1
All these things have I considered in my heart, that I might carefully understand them: there are just men and wise men, and their works are in the hand of God: and yet man knoweth not whether he be worthy of love, or hatred:

Isaiah 42:5
Thus saith the Lord God that created the heavens, and stretched them out: that established the earth, and the things that spring out of it: that giveth breath to the people upon it, and spirit to them that tread thereon.

Daniel 5:23
But hast lifted thyself up against the Lord of heaven: and the vessels of his house have been brought before thee: and thou, and thy nobles, and thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them: and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and of gold, and of brass, of iron, and of wood, and of stone, that neither see, nor hear, nor feel: but the God who hath thy breath in his hand, and all thy ways, thou hast not glorified.

Job 12:9
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