Job 4 · Verse 9

Job 4:9

By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed.
Job 4:9, King James Version

Job 4:9 in other translations

BSBBy the breath of God they perish, and by the blast of His anger they are consumed.
WEBBy the breath of God they perish. By the blast of his anger are they consumed.
ASVBy the breath of God they perish, And by the blast of his anger are they consumed.
YLTFrom the breath of God they perish, And from the spirit of His anger consumed.
DARBYBy the breath of God they perish, and by the blast of his nostrils are they consumed.
BBEBy the breath of God destruction takes them, and by the wind of his wrath they are cut off.
WebsterBy the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed.

What does Job 4:9 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
9. breath of his nostrils--God's anger; a figure from the fiery winds of the East (Job 1:16; Is 5:25; Psa 18:8, 15).

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 9 By the blast of God they perish - As the noxious and parching east wind blasts and destroys vegetation, so the wicked perish under the indignation of the Almighty.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 4:7-11

Eliphaz argues, 1. That good men were never thus ruined. But there is one event both to the righteous and to the wicked, Ec 9:2, both in life and death; the great and certain difference is after death. Our worst mistakes are occasioned by drawing wrong views from undeniable truths. 2. That wicked men were often thus ruined: for the proof of this, Eliphaz vouches his own observation. We may see the same every day.

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Job 4:9 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.

מִנִּשְׁמַ֣תmi.nish.Matfrom [the] breath ofH5397
אֱל֣וֹהַ'e.Lo.haGodH433
יֹאבֵ֑דוּyo.Ve.duthey perishH6
וּמֵר֖וּחַu.me.Ru.achand from [the] breath ofH7307
אַפּ֣וֹ'a.Poanger hisH639
יִכְלֽוּ\׃yikh.Luthey come to an endH3615

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Job 4:9

  • Job 15:30

    He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.

  • Isaiah 11:4

    But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.

  • 2 Thessalonians 2:8

    And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:

  • Isaiah 30:33

    For Tophet is ordained of old; yea, for the king it is prepared; he hath made it deep and large: the pile thereof is fire and much wood; the breath of the Lord, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it.

  • Revelation 2:16

    Repent; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.

  • Psalms 18:15

    Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were discovered at thy rebuke, O Lord, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.

  • Exodus 15:10

    Thou didst blow with thy wind, the sea covered them: they sank as lead in the mighty waters.

  • Exodus 15:8

    And with the blast of thy nostrils the waters were gathered together, the floods stood upright as an heap, and the depths were congealed in the heart of the sea.

  • Job 1:19

    And, behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and smote the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young men, and they are dead; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.

  • 2 Kings 19:7

    Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumour, and shall return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.

  • Job 40:13

    Hide them in the dust together; and bind their faces in secret.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
the blast.
Ex 15:8,10; 2Ki 19:7; Ps 18:15
by the breath of his nostrils. that is, by his anger.
1:19; 15:30; Isa 11:4; 30:33; 2Th 2:8; Re 2:16

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Job 4:8

    Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.

  • Job 4:9

    By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed.

  • Job 4:10

    The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken.

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Job 4:9 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Perecen por el aliento de Dios, y por el espíritu de su furor son consumidos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Ils périssent par le souffle de ✝Dieu, et sont consumés par le souffle de ses narines.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Durch den Odem Gottes kommen sie um, und durch den Hauch seiner Nase vergehen sie.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		flante Deo perisse, et spiritu iræ ejus esse consumptos.