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Job 12:9–10

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Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the Lord hath wrought this?
In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind.
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From verse 9

  1. Isaiah 41:20Rank 1 from verse 9
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    20That they may see, and know, and consider, and understand together, that the hand of the Lord hath done this, and the Holy One of Israel hath created it.

  2. Jeremiah 27:5–6Rank 2 from verse 9
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    5I have made the earth, the man and the beast that are upon the ground, by my great power and by my outstretched arm, and have given it unto whom it seemed meet unto me.

    6And now have I given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant; and the beasts of the field have I given him also to serve him.

  3. Romans 11:36Rank 3 from verse 9
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    36For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever. Amen.

  4. 1 Samuel 2:7Rank 4 from verse 9
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    7The Lord maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up.

  5. Acts 19:35Rank 5 from verse 9
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    35And when the townclerk had appeased the people, he said, Ye men of Ephesus, what man is there that knoweth not how that the city of the Ephesians is a worshipper of the great goddess Diana, and of the image which fell down from Jupiter?

From verse 10

  1. Acts 17:28Rank 1 from verse 10
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    28For 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.

  2. Job 33:4Rank 2 from verse 10
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    4The Spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life.

  3. Acts 17:25Rank 3 from verse 10
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    25Neither is worshipped with men’s hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;

  4. Job 27:3Rank 4 from verse 10
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    3All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils;

  5. Numbers 16:22Rank 5 from verse 10
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    22And 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?

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Job 12:9

COMBINED MEANING

in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

hand

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Sense 1: The part of the body at the end of the arm. Sense 2: Figuratively, power, possession, aid, or agency.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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wrought

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Worked, laboured, acted, made, formed, fashioned, performed, produced, or brought about.

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Job 12:10

COMBINED MEANING

in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

hand

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Sense 1: The part of the body at the end of the arm. Sense 2: Figuratively, power, possession, aid, or agency.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

soul

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Sense 1: A living person or creature; a life or self. Sense 2: The inward self distinguished from the body. Sense 3: The seat of desire or appetite.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

every

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Each individual or member of the class, group, place, time, side, or kind named; all distributively.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

living

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Sense 1: Alive or having life. Sense 2: As a noun, one's means of support or possessions.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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breath

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Sense 1: Air drawn in or breathed out. Sense 2: The breath by which bodily life is sustained; by extension, bodily life.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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8Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.

9Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the Lord hath wrought this?

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

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11Doth not the ear try words? and the mouth taste his meat?

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