Job 12:10
In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all flesh of man.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind.
In Context
9Who does not see by all these that the hand of the Lord has done this?
11Are not words tested by the ear, even as food is tasted by the mouth?
Cross References
Genesis 6:17For truly, I will send a great flow of waters over the earth, for the destruction from under the heaven of all flesh in which is the breath of life; everything on the earth will come to an end.
Job 27:3(For all my breath is still in me, and the spirit of God is my life;)
Job 34:14If he made his spirit come back to him, taking his breath into himself again,
Psalms 104:30If you send out your spirit, they are given life; you make new the face of the earth.
Isaiah 57:16For I will not give punishment for ever, or be angry without end: for from me breath goes out; and I it was who made the souls.
John 3:6That which has birth from the flesh is flesh, and that which has birth from the Spirit is spirit.
Matthew Henry on Job 12:7-12
6 The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly. 7 But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee: 8 Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee. 9 Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the Lord hath wrought this? 10 In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind. 11 Doth not the ear try words? and… Read the whole commentary →