King James Version
Job 12:10 in the King James Version says “In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind . soul: or, life all: Heb. all flesh of m...” — study this verse from Job chapter 12 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind . soul: or, life all: Heb. all flesh of man”
Job 12:10 · KJV
Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.
Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the LORD hath wrought this?
In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind . soul: or, life all: Heb. all flesh of man
Doth not the ear try words? and the mouth taste his meat? mouth: Heb. palate
With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding.
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who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“In whose hand”
H3027a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from h3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great v
“is the soul”
H5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e., animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or ment
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“of every living thing”
H2416alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or livin
“and the breath”
H7307wind; by resemblance breath, i.e., a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of a man
“of all mankind”
H376a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
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