Job 27:3

1 Job continued his discourse:

2 “As surely as God lives, who has deprived me of justice— the Almighty, who has embittered my soul—

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

4 my lips will not speak wickedness, and my tongue will not utter deceit.

5 I will never say that you are right; I will maintain my integrity until I die.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
as long as my breath is still within me and the breath of God remains in my nostrils,
KJV
All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils;
WEB
(for the length of my life is still in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils);
ASV
(For my life is yet whole in me, And the spirit of God is in my nostrils);
DARBY
All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils,
BLB
that any of my breath still [is] in me, and the breath of God [is] in my nostrils,
ÅB
- for enda er hele mitt livspust i meg og den Allmektiges ånde i min nese - :
OTB
Så lenge jeg har liv i meg,
Og Den Allmektiges pust i mine nesebor,
B1930
- for ennu er hele mitt livspust i mig og den Allmektiges ånde i min nese - :

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Genesis 2:7

    Then 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.

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  • Job 33:4

    The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.

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  • Isaiah 2:22

    Put no more trust in man, who has only the breath in his nostrils. Of what account is he?

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  • Job 32:8

    But there is a spirit in a man, the breath of the Almighty, that gives him understanding.

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  • Acts 17:25

    Nor 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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