Job 4:9
By the breath of God they perish. By the blast of his anger are they consumed.
World English 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
8According to what I have seen, those who plow iniquity and sow trouble, reap the same.
10The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, the teeth of the young lions, are broken.
Cross References
Exodus 15:8With the blast of your 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 will hear news, and will return to his own land. I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.”’”
Job 15:30He will not depart out of darkness. The flame will dry up his branches. He will go away by the breath of God’s mouth.
Psalms 18:15Then the channels of waters appeared. The foundations of the world were laid bare at your rebuke, LORD, at the blast of the breath of your nostrils.
Isaiah 30:33For his burning place has long been ready. Yes, it is prepared for the king. He has made its pyre deep and large with fire and much wood. The LORD’s breath, like a stream of sulfur, kindles it.
Revelation 2:16Repent therefore, or else I am coming to you quickly and I will make war 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 →