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as long as my breath is in me
    and the spirit of God is in my nostrils,

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as long as I have life within me,
    the breath of God(A) in my nostrils,

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then the Lord God formed man from the dust of the ground[a] and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.(A)

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  1. 2.7 In Heb the word for ground resembles the word for man

Then the Lord God formed(A) a man[a](B) from the dust(C) of the ground(D) and breathed into his nostrils the breath(E) of life,(F) and the man became a living being.(G)

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  1. Genesis 2:7 The Hebrew for man (adam) sounds like and may be related to the Hebrew for ground (adamah); it is also the name Adam (see verse 20).

The spirit of God has made me,
    and the breath of the Almighty[a] gives me life.(A)

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  1. 33.4 Traditional rendering of Heb Shaddai

The Spirit(A) of God has made me;(B)
    the breath of the Almighty(C) gives me life.(D)

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25 nor is he served by human hands, as though he needed anything, since he himself gives to all mortals life and breath and all things.(A)

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25 And he is not served by human hands, as if he needed anything. Rather, he himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else.(A)

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22 [[Turn away from mortals,
    who have only breath in their nostrils,
    for of what account are they?]][a](A)

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  1. 2.22 Gk OL lack 2.22

22 Stop trusting in mere humans,(A)
    who have but a breath(B) in their nostrils.
    Why hold them in esteem?(C)

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But truly it is the spirit in a mortal,
    the breath of the Almighty[a] that makes for understanding.(A)

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  1. 32.8 Traditional rendering of Heb Shaddai

But it is the spirit[a](A) in a person,
    the breath of the Almighty,(B) that gives them understanding.(C)

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  1. Job 32:8 Or Spirit; also in verse 18