Job 27:3

Bible in Basic English (1941)

(For all my breath is still in me, and the spirit of God is my life;)

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 2:7 : 7 And the Lord God made man from the dust of the earth, breathing into him the breath of life: and man became a living soul.
  • Job 33:4 : 4 The spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Ruler of all gives me life.
  • Isa 2:22 : 22 Have no more to do with man, whose life is only a breath, for he is of no value.
  • Acts 17:25 : 25 And he is not dependent on the work of men's hands, as if he had need of anything, for he himself gives to all life and breath and all things;
  • Job 32:8 : 8 But truly it is the spirit in man, even the breath of the Ruler of all, which gives them knowledge.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Job 33:3-4
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    3 My heart is overflowing with knowledge, my lips say what is true.

    4 The spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Ruler of all gives me life.

  • 1 My spirit is broken, my days are ended, the last resting-place is ready for me.

  • Job 27:1-2
    2 verses
    78%

    1 And Job again took up the word and said,

    2 By the life of God, who has taken away my right; and of the Ruler of all, who has made my soul bitter;

  • 18 He would not let me take my breath, but I would be full of bitter grief.

  • 16 O Lord, for this cause I am waiting for you, give rest to my spirit: make me well again, and let me come back to life.

  • Job 27:4-6
    3 verses
    74%

    4 Truly, there is no deceit in my lips, and my tongue does not say what is false.

    5 Let it be far from me! I will certainly not say that you are right! I will come to death before I give up my righteousness.

    6 I will keep it safe, and will not let it go: my heart has nothing to say against any part of my life.

  • 10 In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all flesh of man.

  • 19 Is any one able to take up the argument against me? If so, I would keep quiet and give up my breath.

  • 4 As for me, is my outcry against man? is it then to be wondered at if my spirit is troubled?

  • Job 13:14-15
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    14 I will take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in my hand.

    15 Truly, he will put an end to me; I have no hope; but I will not give way in argument before him;

  • Job 19:25-27
    3 verses
    72%

    25 But I am certain that he who will take up my cause is living, and that in time to come he will take his place on the dust;

    26 And ... without my flesh I will see God;

    27 Whom I will see on my side, and not as one strange to me. My heart is broken with desire.

  • 11 So I will not keep my mouth shut; I will let the words come from it in the pain of my spirit, my soul will make a bitter outcry.

  • 7 O, keep in mind that my life is wind: my eye will never again see good.

  • 14 If he made his spirit come back to him, taking his breath into himself again,

  • 13 So that you are turning your spirit against God, and letting such words go out of your mouth?

  • 19 How long will it be before your eyes are turned away from me, so that I may have a minute's breathing-space?

  • 8 But truly it is the spirit in man, even the breath of the Ruler of all, which gives them knowledge.

  • 1 My soul is tired of life; I will let my sad thoughts go free in words; my soul will make a bitter outcry.

  • 12 You have been kind to me, and your grace has been with me, and your care has kept my spirit safe.

  • 20 Are not the days of my life small in number? Let your eyes be turned away from me, so that I may have a little pleasure,

  • Job 7:15-16
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    15 So that a hard death seems better to my soul than my pains.

    16 I have no desire for life, I would not be living for ever! Keep away from me, for my days are as a breath.

  • 22 Have no more to do with man, whose life is only a breath, for he is of no value.

  • 15 And a breath was moving over my face; the hair of my flesh became stiff:

  • 7 There an upright man might put his cause before him; and I would be free for ever from my judge.

  • 14 If death takes a man, will he come to life again? All the days of my trouble I would be waiting, till the time came for me to be free.

  • 3 Is it on such a one as this that your eyes are fixed, with the purpose of judging him?

  • Job 6:10-11
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    10 So I would still have comfort, and I would have joy in the pains of death, for I have not been false to the words of the Holy One.

    11 Have I strength to go on waiting, or have I any end to be looking forward to?

  • 10 My life goes on in sorrow, and my years in weeping; my strength is almost gone because of my sin, and my bones are wasted away.

  • 4 Because of this my spirit is overcome; and my heart is full of fear.

  • Job 29:4-5
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    4 As I was in my flowering years, when my tent was covered by the hand of God;

    5 While the Ruler of all was still with me, and my children were round me;

  • 17 For how may this servant of my lord have talk with my lord? for, as for me, straight away my strength went from me and there was no breath in my body.

  • 20 Our breath of life, he on whom the holy oil was put, was taken in their holes; of whom we said, Under his shade we will be living among the nations.

  • 2 While I have breath I will give praise to the Lord: I will make melody to my God while I have my being.

  • 4 For the arrows of the Ruler of all are present with me, and their poison goes deep into my spirit: his army of fears is put in order against me.

  • 7 And the dust goes back to the earth as it was, and the spirit goes back to God who gave it.

  • 9 By the breath of God destruction takes them, and by the wind of his wrath they are cut off.

  • 3 But I would have talk with the Ruler of all, and my desire is to have an argument with God.

  • 2 The spirit of the Lord had voice through me, his word was on my tongue.

  • 17 My breath is strange to my wife, and I am disgusting to the offspring of my mother's body.

  • 21 Under him are sharp edges of broken pots: as if he was pulling a grain-crushing instrument over the wet earth.