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Job 32

Job 32:8 KJV (With Strong’s)

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But
'aken (Hebrew #403)
firmly; figuratively, surely; also (advers.) but
KJV usage: but, certainly, nevertheless, surely, truly, verily.
Pronounce: aw-kane'
Origin: from 3559 (compare 3651)
there is a spirit
ruwach (Hebrew #7307)
wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions)
KJV usage: air, anger, blast, breath, X cool, courage, mind, X quarter, X side, spirit((-ual)), tempest, X vain, ((whirl-))wind(-y).
Pronounce: roo'-akh
Origin: from 7306
a in man
'enowsh (Hebrew #582)
properly, a mortal (and thus differing from the more dignified 120); hence, a man in general (singly or collectively)
KJV usage: another, X (blood-)thirsty, certain, chap(-man); divers, fellow, X in the flower of their age, husband, (certain, mortal) man, people, person, servant, some ( X of them), + stranger, those, + their trade. It is often unexpressed in the English versions, especially when used in apposition with another word . Compare 376.
Pronounce: en-oshe'
Origin: from 605
: and the inspiration
nshamah (Hebrew #5397)
a puff, i.e. wind, angry or vital breath, divine inspiration, intellect. or (concretely) an animal
KJV usage: blast, (that) breath(-eth), inspiration, soul, spirit.
Pronounce: nesh-aw-maw'
Origin: from 5395
b of the Almighty
Shadday (Hebrew #7706)
the Almighty
KJV usage: Almighty.
Pronounce: shad-dah'-ee
Origin: from 7703
giveth them understanding
biyn (Hebrew #995)
to separate mentally (or distinguish), i.e.(generally) understand
KJV usage: attend, consider, be cunning, diligently, direct, discern, eloquent, feel, inform, instruct, have intelligence, know, look well to, mark, perceive, be prudent, regard, (can) skill(-full), teach, think, (cause, make to, get, give, have) understand(-ing), view, (deal) wise(-ly, man).
Pronounce: bene
Origin: a primitive root
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Prov. 20:27• 27Man's spirit [is] Jehovah's lamp,{HR}Searching all the chambers of the belly. (Prov. 20:27)
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Prov. 2:6• 6For Jehovah giveth wisdom;{HR}Out of his mouth come knowledge and understanding. (Prov. 2:6)
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Dan. 2:21• 21And it is he that changeth the times and seasons; He removeth kings and setteth up kings, He giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding. (Dan. 2:21)

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Ministry on This Verse

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the inspiration.
Job 4:12‑21• 12And to me there stole a word,{HR}And mine ear caught a whisper from it,
 13In thoughts from visions of the night,{HR}When deep sleep falleth on man;
 14Shuddering befell me, and trembling,{HR}Which shook the multitude of my bones;
 15And a spirit glideth before me:{HR}The hairs of my body bristled up.
 16It stood there—I discerned not its appearance—{HR}An image before mine eyes: Silence! and a voice I hear,
 17Is a mortal more just than God?{HR}Is a man purer than his Maker?
 18Behold, his servants he trusteth not,{HR}And to his angels he ascribeth error;
 19How much more those who dwell in houses of clay,{HR}The foundation of which [is] in the dust,{HR}Which are crushed as though moths.
 20From morning to evening they are destroyed;{HR}Before anyone marketh it they perish forever.
 21Is not their cord in them torn away?{HR}They die, and not in wisdom. (Job 4:12‑21)
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Job 33:16• 16Then he openeth the ear of mortals,{HR}And sealeth up their instruction, (Job 33:16)
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Job 35:11• 11That teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth,{HR}And maketh us wiser than the fowls of the heavens? (Job 35:11)
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Job 38:36• 36Who put wisdom in the inward parts?{HR}Or who gave understanding to the perception? (Job 38:36)
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Gen. 41:39• 39And Pharaoh said to Joseph, since God has made all this known to thee, there is none discreet and wise as thou. (Gen. 41:39)
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1 Kings 3:12,28• 12behold, I have done according to thy word: behold, I have given thee a wise and an understanding heart, so that there hath been none like unto thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee.
 28And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged; and they feared the king, for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him, to do justice. (1 Kings 3:12,28)
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1 Kings 4:29• 29And God gave Solomon wisdom and very great understanding and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea-shore. (1 Kings 4:29)
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Prov. 2:6• 6For Jehovah giveth wisdom;{HR}Out of his mouth come knowledge and understanding. (Prov. 2:6)
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Eccl. 2:26• 26For to the man that pleaseth him God giveth wisdom,{HR}And knowledge, and joy:{HR}But to the sinner he giveth travail,{HR}To gather and to heap up,{HR}That he may give to him that pleaseth God.{HR}This also [is] vanity and a striving after wind. (Eccl. 2:26)
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Dan. 1:17• 17As for these four youths, God gave them knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom; and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams. (Dan. 1:17)
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Dan. 2:21• 21And it is he that changeth the times and seasons; He removeth kings and setteth up kings, He giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding. (Dan. 2:21)
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1 Cor. 2:10‑12• 10but God revealed to us by his Spirit; for the Spirit searcheth all things, even the depths of God.
 11For who of men knoweth the things of a man save the spirit of the man that [is] in him? So also, the things of God knoweth no one save the Spirit of God.
 12But we did not receive the spirit of the world, but the Spirit that [is] from God, that we might know the things freely given us by God; (1 Cor. 2:10‑12)
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1 Cor. 12:8• 8For to one, through the Spirit, is given [the] word of wisdom, and to another [the] word of knowledge, according to the same Spirit; (1 Cor. 12:8)
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2 Tim. 3:16• 16Every scripture [is] God-inspired, and profitable for teaching, for conviction, for correction, for instruction that is in righteousness; (2 Tim. 3:16)
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James 1:5• 5If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God that giveth to all freely and reproacheth not; and it shall be given him. (James 1:5)
• However, it is not mere age which gives wisdom, but the spirit which comes from God—the breathing of God, which has made mortal man different from the beasts. (“Job 32-37” by S. Ridout)

J. N. Darby Translation

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But there is a spirit which is in mand; and the breath of the Almighty giveth them understanding.

JND Translation Notes

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Enosh.

W. Kelly Translation

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Surely the spirit [it is] in mortal man,{HR}And the breath of Shaddai givetha them wit.

WK Translation Notes

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The Almighty