The Meaning of Job 4:9 Explained

Job 4:9

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

YLT: From the breath of God they perish, And from the spirit of His anger consumed.

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

ASV: By the breath of God they perish, And by the blast of his anger are they consumed.

Discover Job 4:9

CONTEXT: What is the Context of Job 4:9?

MEANING: What does Job 4:9 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Job 4:9 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Job 4:9?

What is the context of Job 4:9?

Eliphaz Speaks (Job 4:1-21)
Eliphaz Speaks: The Innocent Prosper (Job 4:1-21)
Eliphaz: Job Has Sinned (Job 4:1-21)
Eliphaz: Innocent Do Not Suffer (Job 4:1-21)
Eliphaz’s First Response to Job (Job 4:1-21)
Eliphaz: the Innocent Don’t Suffer (Job 4:1-21)
Eliphaz (Job 4:1-21)

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Job 4:9 Mean?

Study Notes

breath
i.e. by His anger, as Isaiah 30:33 ; Exodus 15:8 ; Job 1:19 ; Job 15:30 ; Isaiah 11:4 ; 2 Thessalonians 2:8 .

Context Summary

Job 4:1-21 - "shall Mortal Man Be More Just Than God?"

The first cycle of speeches is opened by Eliphaz. It must be remembered that he and the two others believed that special suffering resulted from and was the sign of special sin. Job's calamities, in the light of that thought, seemed to prove that he who had been considered a paragon of perfection was not what they had supposed. According to their philosophy, if only he would confess his sin, all would be well and the sun would shine again upon his path.

Eliphaz recounts a visitation, in a night vision, from the unseen world, which is described with marvelous power. Emphasis is laid on the infinite distance between God and man, and on the impossibility of a mortal being accounted just in the presence of divine purity. Of course the suggestion is that Job was suffering the penalty of sin which, though it had eluded human eyes, was naked and open before God. An angel seems dark against God's pure light, and if an angel is deficient, how much more man! [source]

Chapter Summary: Job 4

¹ Eliphaz reproves Job that the innocent do not suffer
⁷ He teaches God's judgments to be not for the righteous, but for the wicked
¹² His fearful vision to humble the excellency of creatures before God

What do the individual words in Job 4:9 mean?

By the blast of God they perish and by the breath of His anger they are consumed

מִנִּשְׁמַ֣ת אֱל֣וֹהַ יֹאבֵ֑דוּ וּמֵר֖וּחַ אַפּ֣וֹ יִכְלֽוּ

מִנִּשְׁמַ֣ת	By the blast
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, feminine singular construct Root: נְשָׁמָה Sense: breath, spirit.
אֱל֣וֹהַ	of God
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: אֱלֹוהַּ Sense: God.
יֹאבֵ֑דוּ	they perish
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine plural Root: אָבַד Sense: perish, vanish, go astray, be destroyed.
וּמֵר֖וּחַ	and by the breath
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m, Noun, common singular construct Root: רוּחַ Sense: wind, breath, mind, spirit.
אַפּ֣וֹ	of His anger
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular Root: אַף Sense: nostril, nose, face.
יִכְלֽוּ	they are consumed
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine plural Root: כָּלָה Sense: to accomplish, cease, consume, determine, end, fail, finish, be complete, be accomplished, be ended, be at an end, be finished, be spent.

What are the major concepts related to Job 4:9?

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Similar Scriptures for Job 4:9

		Isaiah 30:33 [5]
		Job 15:30 [5]
		Isaiah 11:4 [4]
		2 Thessalonians 2:8 [4]
		Exodus 15:8 [3]
		Psalms 18:15 [3]
		2 Kings 19:7 [2]
		Job 1:19 [2]
		Job 40:13 [2]
		Revelation 2:16 [2]
		Exodus 15:10 [2]
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