Job 4:9
By the breath of God destruction takes them, and by the wind of his wrath they are cut off.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed.
In Context
Cross References
Exodus 15:8By your breath the waves were massed together, the flowing waters were lifted up like a pillar; the deep waters became solid in the heart of the sea.
2 Kings 19:7See, I will put a spirit into him, and bad news will come to his ears, and he will go back to his land; and there I will have him put to death by the sword.
Job 15:30He does not come out of the dark; his branches are burned by the flame, and the wind takes away his bud.
Psalms 18:15\18:14\He sent out his arrows, driving them in all directions; by his flames of fire they were troubled.
Isaiah 30:33For a place of fire has long been ready; yes, it has been made ready for the king; he has made it deep and wide: it is massed with fire and much wood; the breath of the Lord, like a stream of fire, puts a light to it.
Revelation 2:16See, then, that you have a change of heart; or I will come to you quickly, and will make 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 →