Job 12 · Verse 10

Job 12:10

In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind.
Job 12:10, King James Version

Job 12:10 in other translations

BSBThe life of every living thing is in His hand, as well as the breath of all mankind.
WEBin whose hand is the life of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind?
ASVIn whose hand is the soul of every living thing, And the breath of all mankind?
YLTIn whose hand is the breath of every living thing, And the spirit of all flesh of man.'
DARBYIn whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the spirit of all flesh of man.
BBEIn whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all flesh of man.
WebsterIn whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind.

What does Job 12:10 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
10. the soul--that is, the animal life. Man, reasons Job, is subjected to the same laws as the lower animals.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 10 In whose hand is the soul of every living thing - נפש כל חי nephesh col chai, "the soul of all life." And the breath of all mankind - ורוח כל בשר veruach col besar, "and the spirit or breath of all flesh." Does not the first refer to the immortal soul, the principle of all intellectual life; and the latter to the breath, respiration, the grand means by which animal existence is continued? See Job 10:1.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 12:6-11

Job appeals to facts. The most audacious robbers, oppressors, and impious wretches, often prosper. Yet this is not by fortune or chance; the Lord orders these things. Worldly prosperity is of small value in his sight: he has better things for his children. Job resolves all into the absolute proprietorship which God has in all the creatures. He demands from his friends liberty to judge of what they had said; he…

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Job 12:10 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.Sher[he] whomH834
בְּ֭יָדוֹbe.ya.do[is] in hand hisH3027
נֶ֣פֶשׁNe.fesh[the] life ofH5315
כָּל\־kol-everyH3605
חָ֑יChailiving [thing]H2416
וְ֝ר֗וּחַve.Ru.achand [the] breath ofH7307
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
בְּשַׂר\־be.sar-flesh ofH1320
אִֽישׁ\׃'IshhumankindH376

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Cross references for Job 12:10

  • Acts 17:28

    For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.

  • Job 33:4

    The Spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life.

  • Acts 17:25

    Neither is worshipped with men’s hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;

  • Numbers 16:22

    And they fell upon their faces, and said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and wilt thou be wroth with all the congregation?

  • Job 27:3

    All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils;

  • Daniel 5:23

    But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified:

  • Psalms 146:3-4

    Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help. His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.

  • Job 34:14-15

    If he set his heart upon man, if he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath; All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust.

  • John 3:6

    That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

  • Psalms 104:29

    Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.

  • Genesis 2:7

    And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

  • Genesis 6:17

    And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
whose hand.
Nu 16:22; Da 5:23; Ac 17:25,28
soul. or, life. the breath.
27:3; 34:14,15; Ge 2:7; 6:17; Ps 104:29; 146:3,4
mankind. Heb. flesh of man.
Joh 3:6

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Context

  • Job 12:9

    Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the Lord hath wrought this?

  • Job 12:10

    In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind.

  • Job 12:11

    Doth not the ear try words? and the mouth taste his meat?

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Job 12:10 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
En su mano está el alma de todo viviente, y el espíritu de toda carne humana.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Lui, dans la main duquel est l’âme de tout être vivant et l’esprit de toute chair d’homme?
German
Elberfelder 1871
in dessen Hand die Seele alles Lebendigen ist und der Geist alles menschlichen Fleisches?
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
In cujus manu anima omnis viventis, et spiritus universæ carnis hominis.