◄ Job 27:3 ►
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Good News Translation
as long as God gives me breath,

New Revised Standard Version
as long as my breath is in me and the spirit of God is in my nostrils,

Contemporary English Version
and while he gives me breath,

New American Bible
So long as I still have life breath in me, the breath of God in my nostrils,

Douay-Rheims Bible
As long as breath remaineth in me, and the spirit of God in my nostrils,

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

As long as breath remaineth in me, and the spirit of God in my nostrils,

the spirit of God.

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.

Isaiah 2:22 Cease ye therefore from the man, whose breath is in his nostrils, for he is reputed high.

Acts 17:25 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:

Context
Job Affirms His Integrity
…2As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment, and the Almighty, who hath brought my soul to bitterness, 3As long as breath remaineth in me, and the spirit of God in my nostrils,4My lips shall not speak iniquity, neither shall my tongue contrive lying.…
Cross References
Job 12:10
In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the spirit of all flesh of man.

Job 32:8
But, as I see, there is a spirit in men, and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth understanding.

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

Job 27:2
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