Job 4:9

They shall perish by the command of the Lord, 1 And shall be utterly consumed by the breath of his wrath. 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed.

In Context

8Accordingly as I have seen men plowing barren places, 1 And they that sow them will reap sorrows for themselves. 1

10The strength of the lion, and the voice of the lioness, 1 And the exulting cry of serpents are quenched. 1

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Cross References

Exodus 15:8And by the breath of thine anger the water parted asunder; 1 The waters were congealed as a wall, 1 The waves were congealed in the midst of the sea. 1

2 Kings 19:7Behold, I send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a report, and shall return to his own land; and I will overthrow him with the sword in his own land.

Job 15:30Neither shall he in anywise escape the darkness: 1 Let the wind blast his blossom, 1 And let his flower fall off. 1

Psalms 18:15So shall the sayings of my mouth, 1 And the meditation of my heart, 1 Be pleasing continually before thee, 1 O Lord my helper, and my redeemer.

Isaiah 30:33For thou shalt be required before thy time: has it been prepared for thee also to reign? nay, God has prepared for thee a deep trench, wood piled, fire and much wood: the wrath of the Lord shall be as a trench kindled with sulphur.

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 →

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