Job 4:9
By the breath of God they perish, and by the blast of his anger they are consumed.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed.
In Context
8According as I have seen, those who plow iniquity, and sow trouble, reap the same.
Cross References
Exodus 15:8And with the blast of thy nostrils the waters were piled up. The floods stood upright as a heap. The deeps were congealed in the heart of the sea.
2 Kings 19:7Behold, I will put a spirit in him, and he shall hear news, and shall return to his own land. And I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.
Job 15:30He shall not depart out of darkness. The flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of [God's] mouth he shall go away.
Psalms 18:15Then the channels of waters appeared, and the foundations of the world were laid bare at thy rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.
Isaiah 30:33For a Topheth is prepared of old, yea, it is made ready for the king. He has made it deep and large. The pile of it is fire and much wood. The breath of LORD kindles it, like a stream of brimstone.
Revelation 2:16Repent therefore, and if not I come to thee quickly, and will war against them with the sword of my mouth.
Matthew Henry on Job 4:8-12
7 Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off? 8 Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same. 9 By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed. 10 The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken. 11 The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout lion's whelps are scattered abroad. Eliphaz here advances another argument to prove… Read the whole commentary →