Job 27:3
(For my life is yet whole in me. And the spirit of God is in my nostrils.)
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils;
In Context
2As God lives, who has taken away my right, and the Almighty, who has vexed my soul.
4Surely my lips shall not speak unrighteousness, nor shall my tongue utter deceit.
Cross References
Job 32:8But there is a spirit in man, and the breath of the Almighty gives them understanding.
Isaiah 2:22Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils, for how is he to be accounted of?
Matthew Henry on Job 27:2-7
Job's Protestation of His Sincerity. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Moreover Job continued his parable, and said, 2 As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul; 3 All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils; 4 My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit. 5 God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me. 6 My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach me so… Read the whole commentary →