¹⁰ In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind.

²⁸ For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.

⁴ The spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life.

²⁵ Neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;

³ All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils;

²² And they fell upon their faces, and said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and wilt thou be wroth with all the congregation?

²⁹ Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.

²³ But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified:

³ Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.

⁴ His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.

¹⁴ If he set his heart upon man, if he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath;

¹⁵ All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust.