Job 4:9

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 15:30 : 30 He does not come out of the dark; his branches are burned by the flame, and the wind takes away his bud.
  • Isa 30:33 : 33 For a place of fire has long been ready; yes, it has been made ready for the king; he has made it deep and wide: it is massed with fire and much wood; the breath of the Lord, like a stream of fire, puts a light to it.
  • 2 Thess 2:8 : 8 And then will come the revelation of that evil one, whom the Lord Jesus will put to death with the breath of his mouth, and give to destruction by the revelation of his coming;
  • Isa 11:4 : 4 But he will do right in the cause of the poor, and give wise decisions for those in the land who are in need; and the rod of his mouth will come down on the cruel, and with the breath of his lips he will put an end to the evil-doer.
  • Ps 18:15 : 15 Then the deep beds of the waters were seen, and the bases of the world were uncovered, because of your words of wrath, O Lord, because of the breath from your mouth.
  • Exod 15:8 : 8 By your breath the waves were massed together, the flowing waters were lifted up like a pillar; the deep waters became solid in the heart of the sea.
  • Exod 15:10 : 10 You sent your wind and the sea came over them: they went down like lead into the great waters.
  • 2 Kgs 19:7 : 7 See, I will put a spirit into him, and bad news will come to his ears, and he will go back to his land; and there I will have him put to death by the sword.
  • Job 1:19 : 19 When a great wind came rushing from the waste land against the four sides of the house, and it came down on the young men, and they are dead; and I was the only one who got away safe to give you the news.
  • Job 40:13 : 13 His bones are pipes of brass, his legs are like rods of iron.
  • Rev 2:16 : 16 See, then, that you have a change of heart; or I will come to you quickly, and will make war against them with the sword of my mouth.

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  • Job 4:10
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    10 Though the noise of the lion and the sounding of his voice, may be loud, the teeth of the young lions are broken.

  • 2 Sam 22:9
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    9 There went up a smoke from his nose, and a fire of destruction from his mouth: coals were lighted by it.

  • Job 6:17-18
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    17 Under the burning sun they are cut off, and come to nothing because of the heat.

    18 The camel-trains go out of their way; they go up into the waste and come to destruction.

  • Job 21:18
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    18 How frequently are they as dry stems before the wind, or as grass taken away by the storm-wind?

  • Job 4:20-21
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    20 Between morning and evening they are completely broken; they come to an end for ever, and no one takes note.

    21 If their tent-cord is pulled up, do they not come to an end, and without wisdom?

  • Ps 18:8
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    8 There went up a smoke from his nose, and a fire of destruction from his mouth: flames were lighted by it.

  • Ps 80:16
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    16 It is burned with fire; it is cut down: they are made waste by the wrath of your face.

  • Ps 58:9
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    9 Before they are conscious of it, let them be cut down like thorns; let a strong wind take them away like waste growth.

  • Job 41:20-21
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    20 A thick stick is no better than a leaf of grass, and he makes sport of the onrush of the spear.

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  • Isa 33:11
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    11 Your designs will be without profit, and their effect will be nothing: you will be burned up by the fire of my breath.

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    8 What I have seen is that those by whom trouble has been ploughed, and evil planted, get the same for themselves.

  • Job 15:30
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    30 He does not come out of the dark; his branches are burned by the flame, and the wind takes away his bud.

  • 2 Sam 22:16
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    16 Then the deep beds of the sea were seen, and the bases of the world were uncovered, because of the Lord's wrath, because of the breath of his mouth.

  • Deut 32:24
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    24 They will be wasted from need of food, and overcome by burning heat and bitter destruction; and the teeth of beasts I will send on them, with the poison of the worms of the dust.

  • Ps 21:9
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    9 You will make them like a flaming oven before you; the Lord in his wrath will put an end to them, and they will be burned up in the fire.

  • Ps 68:2
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    2 Let them be like smoke before the driving wind; as wax turning soft before the fire, so let them come to an end before the power of God.

  • Job 37:9-10
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    9 Out of its place comes the storm-wind, and the cold out of its store-houses.

    10 By the breath of God ice is made, and the wide waters are shut in.

  • Ps 146:4
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    4 Man's breath goes out, he is turned back again to dust; in that day all his purposes come to an end.

  • Ps 59:12-13
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    12 Because of the sin of their mouths and the word of their lips, let them even be taken in their pride; and for their curses and their deceit,

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  • Job 34:15
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    15 All flesh would come to an end together, and man would go back to the dust.

  • Isa 40:7
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    7 The grass becomes dry, the flower is dead; because the breath of the Lord goes over it: truly the people is grass.

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    24 They have only now been planted, and their seed put into the earth, and they have only now taken root, when he sends out his breath over them and they become dry, and the storm-wind takes them away like dry grass.

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    15 Then the deep beds of the waters were seen, and the bases of the world were uncovered, because of your words of wrath, O Lord, because of the breath from your mouth.

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    20 But the wrongdoers will come to destruction, and the haters of the Lord will be like the fat of lambs, they will be burned up; they will go up in smoke, and never again be seen.

  • Isa 9:18
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    18 For evil was burning like a fire; the blackberries and thorns were burned up; the thick woods took fire, rolling up in dark clouds of smoke.

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    28 But a common destruction will overtake sinners and evil-doers together, and those who have gone away from the Lord will be cut off.

  • Ps 83:15
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    15 So go after them with your strong wind, and let them be full of fear because of your storm.

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    7 When you are lifted up in power, all those who come against you are crushed: when you send out your wrath, they are burned up like dry grass.

  • Exod 15:10
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    10 You sent your wind and the sea came over them: they went down like lead into the great waters.

  • Isa 30:28
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    28 And his breath is as an overflowing stream, coming up even to the neck, shaking the nations for their destruction, like the shaking of grain in a basket: and he will put a cord in the mouths of the people, turning them out of their way.

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    19 Snow waters become dry with the heat: so do sinners go down into the underworld.

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    10 No longer let your hand be hard on me; I am wasted by the blows of your hand.

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    20 Suddenly they come to an end, even in the middle of the night: the blow comes on the men of wealth, and they are gone, and the strong are taken away without the hand of man.

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    7 At the voice of your word they went in flight; at the sound of your thunder they went away in fear;

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    7 We are burned up by the heat of your passion, and troubled by your wrath.

  • Nah 1:10
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    10 For though they are like twisted thorns, and are overcome as with drink, they will come to destruction like stems of grass fully dry.

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    7 Let them be turned to liquid like the ever-flowing waters; let them be cut off like the grass by the way.

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    9 See, the day of the Lord is coming, cruel, with wrath and burning passion: to make the land a waste, driving the sinners in it to destruction.

  • Deut 28:22
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    22 The Lord will send wasting disease, and burning pain, and flaming heat against you, keeping back the rain till your land is waste and dead; so will it be till your destruction is complete.

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