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Job 4

Job 4:9 KJV (With Strong’s)

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By the blast
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
of God
'elowahh (Hebrew #433)
a deity or the Deity
KJV usage: God, god. See 430.
Pronounce: el-o'-ah;
Origin: probably prolonged (emphat.) from 410
they perish
'abad (Hebrew #6)
properly, to wander away, i.e. lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy)
KJV usage: break, destroy(- uction), + not escape, fail, lose, (cause to, make) perish, spend, X and surely, take, be undone, X utterly, be void of, have no way to flee.
Pronounce: aw-bad'
Origin: a primitive root
, and by δthe breath
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
of his nostrils
'aph (Hebrew #639)
properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire
KJV usage: anger(-gry), + before, countenance, face, + forebearing, forehead, + (long-)suffering, nose, nostril, snout, X worthy, wrath.
Pronounce: af
Origin: from 599
are they consumed
kalah (Hebrew #3615)
to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitived (to complete, prepare, consume)
KJV usage: accomplish, cease, consume (away), determine, destroy (utterly), be (when ... were) done, (be an) end (of), expire, (cause to) fail, faint, finish, fulfil, X fully, X have, leave (off), long, bring to pass, wholly reap, make clean riddance, spend, quite take away, waste.
Pronounce: kaw-law'
Origin: a primitive root
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i.e. his anger,
Job 15:30• 30He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches; and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away. (Job 15:30)
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Isa. 11:4• 4but with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked. (Isa. 11:4)
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the blast.
Ex. 15:8,10• 8And by the breath of thy nostrils the waters were heaped up; The streams stood as a mound; The depths were congealed in the heart of the sea.
 10Thou didst blow with thy breath, the sea covered them; They sank as lead in the mighty waters. (Ex. 15:8,10)
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2 Kings 19:7• 7Behold, I will put a spirit into him, and he shall hear tidings, and shall return to his own land; and I will make him to fall by the sword in his own land. (2 Kings 19:7)
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Psa. 18:15• 15And the beds of the waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were uncovered at thy rebuke, Jehovah, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils. (Psa. 18:15)
by the breath of his nostrils.
that is, by his anger.
Job 1:19• 19and behold, there came a great wind from over the wilderness, and smote the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young men, and they died; and I only am escaped, alone, to tell thee. (Job 1:19)
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Job 15:30• 30He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches; and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away. (Job 15:30)
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Isa. 11:4• 4but with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked. (Isa. 11:4)
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Isa. 30:33• 33For Topheth is prepared of old; for the king also it is prepared: he hath made it deep and large; its pile is fire and much wood; the breath of Jehovah, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it. (Isa. 30:33)
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2 Thess. 2:8• 8and then the lawless one shall be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus shall consume with the breath of his mouth, and shall annul by the appearing of his coming; (2 Thess. 2:8)
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Rev. 2:16• 16Repent therefore: but if not, I come to thee quickly, and I will make war with them with the sword of my mouth. (Rev. 2:16)

J. N. Darby Translation

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