Job 12:10
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New International Version (©2011)
In his hand is the life of every creature and the breath of all mankind.

New Living Translation (©2007)
For the life of every living thing is in his hand, and the breath of every human being.

English Standard Version (©2001)
In his hand is the life of every living thing and the breath of all mankind.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
In whose hand is the life of every living thing, And the breath of all mankind?

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
The life of every living thing is in His hand, as well as the breath of all mankind.

International Standard Version (©2012)
and that the life of every living thing rests in his control, along with the breath of every living human being?

NET Bible (©2006)
in whose hand is the life of every creature and the breath of all the human race.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
The life of every living creature and the spirit in every human body are in his hands.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind.

American King James Version
In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind.

American Standard Version
In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, And the breath of all mankind?

Douay-Rheims Bible
In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the spirit of all flesh of man.

Darby Bible Translation
In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the spirit of all flesh of man.

English Revised Version
In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind.

Webster's Bible Translation
In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind.

World English Bible
in whose hand is the life of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind?

Young's Literal Translation
In whose hand is the breath of every living thing, And the spirit of all flesh of man.'

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

12:6-11 Job appeals to facts. The most audacious robbers, oppressors, and impious wretches, often prosper. Yet this is not by fortune or chance; the Lord orders these things. Worldly prosperity is of small value in his sight: he has better things for his children. Job resolves all into the absolute proprietorship which God has in all the creatures. He demands from his friends liberty to judge of what they had said; he appeals to any fair judgment.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 10. - In whose hand is the soul of every living thing. A brief summary of what had been said in vers. 7, 8, to which is now appended the further statement, that in God's hand - wholly dependent on him - is the entire race of mankind also. And the breath of all mankind; literally, and the spirit of all flesh of man.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

In whose hand is the soul of every living thing,.... Of every animal, of every brute creature, as distinct from man, in the next clause: the life of everyone of them is from him, and it is continued by him as long as he pleases, nor can it be taken away without his leave; two sparrows, which are not worth more than a farthing, not one of them falls to the ground, or dies without the knowledge and will of God, Matthew 10:29; of the soul or spirit of beasts, see Ecclesiastes 3:21;

and the breath of all mankind; the breath of man is originally from God, he at first breathed into man the breath of life; and though this is in his nostrils, which makes him of little account, yet it would not continue there long, was it not in the hand, and under the care and providence of God; the breath of a king, as well as the heart of a king, is in the hand of the Lord: the breath of that great monarch Belshazzar, king of Babylon, was in the hand of God, Daniel 5:23; and so is the breath of every peasant; and as when he takes away the breath of other creatures, they die and return to the dust; such is the case of man when God takes away his breath; all our times are in his hand, to be born, to live and die, all is at his dispose: or "the spirit of all the flesh of men" (p), or of all men's flesh; his rational soul, as distinguished from his flesh or body, this is from God, supported in its being by him, and ever will be, being immortal, and will never die.

(p) "spiritus omnis carnis viri?" Pagninus, Montanus, Schmidt, Schultens, Michaelis.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

10. the soul—that is, the animal life. Man, reasons Job, is subjected to the same laws as the lower animals.

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Job's Response to Zophar
…9Who knows not in all these that the hand of the LORD has worked this? 10In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind. 11Does not the ear try words? and the mouth taste his meat? …

Acts 17:28 For in him we live and move and have our being.' As some of your own poets have said, 'We are his offspring.'
Job 27:3 as long as I have life within me, the breath of God in my nostrils,
Job 27:8 For what hope have the godless when they are cut off, when God takes away their life?
Job 33:4 The Spirit of God has made me; the breath of the Almighty gives me life.
Job 34:14 If it were his intention and he withdrew his spirit and breath,
Ecclesiastes 9:1 So I reflected on all this and concluded that the righteous and the wise and what they do are in God's hands, but no one knows whether love or hate awaits them.
Isaiah 42:5 This is what God the LORD says-- the Creator of the heavens, who stretches them out, who spreads out the earth with all that springs from it, who gives breath to its people, and life to those who walk on it:
Daniel 5:23 Instead, you have set yourself up against the Lord of heaven. You had the goblets from his temple brought to you, and you and your nobles, your wives and your concubines drank wine from them. You praised the gods of silver and gold, of bronze, iron, wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or understand. But you did not honor the God who holds in his hand your life and all your ways.