Job 4:9
By the neshamah (breath) of Eloah they perish, 1 and by the ruach of His nostrils are they consumed. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed.
In Context
8Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, 1 and sow amal (trouble), reap the same. 1
Cross References
Exodus 15:8And with the blast of Thy nostrils 1 the mayim were gathered together, 1 the floods stood upright 1 like a stack, 1 and the tehomot were congealed 1 in the lev yam (heart of the sea). 1
2 Kings 19:7Hineni, I will put a ruach in him, and he shall hear a shemuah (report), and shall return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the cherev in his own land.
Job 15:30He shall not escape from choshech; 1 the flame shall wither his branches, 1 and in the ruach of his mouth shall he perish. 1
Psalms 18:15Yea, He sent out His khitzim (arrows), and scattered them; 1 and He shot out great lightning bolts, and did put them to rout. 1
Isaiah 30:33For Tophet + 30:33 i.e., the place where humans are sacrificed to Molech in Gey Hinnom is ordained of old; indeed, for Melech + 30:33 Molech it is prepared. He hath made it deep and wide; the fire pit thereof is eish and much wood; the nishmat Hashem (breath of Hashem ), like a stream of gofrit (brimstone, burning sulfur), doth kindle it. + 30:33 See Isa 66:24
Revelation 2:16Likewise, therefore, make teshuva (repentance, turning from sin to G-d)! But if not, I am coming to you quickly and will war against them by the cherev of my mouth. + 2:16 Isa 49:2
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 →