Job 4:9
From the breath of God they perish, || And from the spirit of His anger [are] consumed.
Literal Standard 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
8As I have seen—plowers of iniquity, || And sowers of misery, reap it!
Cross References
Exodus 15:8And by the wind of Your anger || Waters have been heaped together; Flowings have stood as a heap; Depths have been congealed || In the heart of a sea.
2 Kings 19:7Behold, I am giving a spirit in him, and he has heard a report, and has turned back to his land, and I have caused him to fall by the sword in his land.”
Job 15:30He does not turn aside from darkness, || A flame dries up his tender branch, || And he turns aside at the breath of His mouth!
Psalms 18:15And the streams of waters are seen, || And foundations of the earth are revealed, || From Your rebuke, O YHWH, || From the breath of the wind of Your anger.
Isaiah 30:33For Tophet is arranged from former time, || Even it is prepared for the king, || He has made deep, || He has made large, || Its pile [is] fire and much wood, || The breath of YHWH, || As a stream of brimstone, is burning in it!
Revelation 2:16Convert! And if not, I come to you 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 →