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As long as I live,
    while I have breath from God,

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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 the man from the dust of the ground. He breathed the breath of life into the man’s nostrils, and the man became a living person.

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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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Footnotes

  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).

For the Spirit of God has made me,
    and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.

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

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22 Don’t put your trust in mere humans.
    They are as frail as breath.
    What good are they?

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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 there is a spirit[a] within people,
    the breath of the Almighty within them,
    that makes them intelligent.

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Footnotes

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

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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Footnotes

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

25 and human hands can’t serve his needs—for he has no needs. He himself gives life and breath to everything, and he satisfies every need.

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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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