Job 4:9
Perishing by the blast of God, and consumed by the spirit of his wrath.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed.
In Context
8On the contrary I have seen those who work iniquity, and sow sorrows, and reap them,
Cross References
Exodus 15:8And with the blast of thy anger the waters were gathered together: the flowing water stood, the depth were gathered together in the midst of the sea.
2 Kings 19:7Behold I will send a spirit upon him, and he shall hear a message, and shall return into his own country, and I will make him fall by the sword in his own country.
Job 15:30He shall not depart out of darkness: the flame shall dry up his branches, and he shall be taken away by the breath of his own month.
Psalms 18:15And he sent forth his arrows, and he scattered them: he multiplied lightnings, and troubled them.
Isaiah 30:33For Topheth is prepared from yesterday, prepared by the king, deep, and wide. The nourishment thereof is fire and much wood: the breath of the Lord as a torrent of brimstone kindling it.
Revelation 2:16In like manner do penance: if not, I will come to thee quickly, and will fight 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 →