Job 27:3
(for the length of my life is still in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils);
World English Bible Classic
In The King James Version
All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils;
In Context
2“As God lives, who has taken away my right, the Almighty, who has made my soul bitter
4surely my lips will not speak unrighteousness, neither will my tongue utter deceit.
Cross References
Job 32:8But there is a spirit in man, and the Spirit of the Almighty gives them understanding.
Isaiah 2:22Stop trusting in man, whose breath is in his nostrils; for of what account is he?
Matthew Henry on Job 27:2-7
Job's Protestation of His Sincerity. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Moreover Job continued his parable, and said, 2 As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul; 3 All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils; 4 My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit. 5 God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me. 6 My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach me so… Read the whole commentary →