Job 27:3
For all the while my breath [is] in me, And the spirit of God in my nostrils.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils;
In Context
2God liveth! He turned aside my judgment, And the Mighty — He made my soul bitter.
4My lips do not speak perverseness, And my tongue doth not utter deceit.
Cross References
Job 32:8Surely a spirit is in man, And the breath of the Mighty One Doth cause them to understand.
Isaiah 2:22Cease for you from man, Whose breath [is] in his nostrils, For — in what is he esteemed?
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 →