Job 27:3 Meaning and Explanation
“All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils;”
King James Version (KJV)
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Read Full Chapter →As long as he draws breath, given by God, Job vows to speak truthfully.
What Does Job 27:3 Mean?
Job grounds his coming vow in the gift of life itself. His breath and the spirit, the very life-wind in his nostrils, come from God. This echoes the first man receiving the breath of life. Job acknowledges that every moment he lives is sustained by the Giver of breath, even now in his suffering.
To say the breath is God's is to confess that life is borrowed, held moment by moment from the Creator's hand. Such awareness makes a person careful with each breath spent. Job will use his remaining days, however few, for truth and not deceit. The recognition that we live by God's sustaining Spirit calls every reader to spend their breath worthily, in honesty and worship, as long as that gift endures.
Job 27:3 in the Original Language
ruach (רוּחַ), 'spirit' -- breath, wind, or spirit, the life-giving animation that comes from God.
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What does Job 27:3 mean?
As long as he draws breath, given by God, Job vows to speak truthfully.