Job 4:9
By the breath of God they perish, and by the blast of His anger are they consumed.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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, they that plow iniquity, and sow mischief, reap the same.
10The lion roareth, and the fierce lion howleth — yet the teeth of the young lions are broken.
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 a rumour, 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 His mouth shall he go away.
Psalms 18:15(18-16) And 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 hearth is ordered of old; yea, for the king it is prepared, deep and large; the pile thereof is fire and much wood; the breath of the LORD, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it.
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 →