Job 32:8 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁸ But truly it is the spirit in a mortal, the breath of the Almighty that makes for understanding.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ But there is a spirit in man: And the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ But there is [a vital force] a spirit [of intelligence] in man, and the breath of the Almighty gives men understanding. [Prov. 2:6.]

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ But there is a spirit in man, And the breath of the Almighty giveth them understanding.

Common English Bible

⁸ But the spirit in a person, the Almighty’s breath, gives understanding.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ But I see now that there is only breath in men, and that it is the inspiration of the Almighty that gives understanding.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁸ But, as I see, there is a spirit in men, and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth understanding.

Job 32:8 Cross References

Genesis 41:38

Pharaoh said to his servants, “Can we find anyone else like this, one in whom is the spirit of God?”

Genesis 41:39

So Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Since God has shown you all this, there is no one so discerning and wise as you.

1 Kings 3:12

I now do according to your word. Indeed, I give you a wise and discerning mind; no one like you has been before you, and no one like you shall arise after you.

1 Kings 3:28

All Israel heard of the judgment that the king had rendered, and they stood in awe of the king because they perceived that the wisdom of God was in him to execute justice.

1 Kings 4:29

God gave Solomon very great wisdom, discernment, and breadth of understanding as vast as the sand on the seashore,

1 Kings 5:9

My servants shall bring it down to the sea from the Lebanon; I will make it into rafts to go by sea to the place you indicate. I will have them broken up there for you to take away. And you shall meet my needs by providing food for my household.”

Job 12:13

“With God are wisdom and strength; he has counsel and understanding.

Job 12:16

With him are strength and wisdom; the deceived and the deceiver are his.

Job 27:3

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

Job 33:16

then he opens their ears and terrifies them with warnings,

Job 33:4

The spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.

Job 35:11

who teaches us more than the animals of the earth and makes us wiser than the birds of the air?’

Job 38:36

Who has put wisdom in the inward parts or given understanding to the mind?

Proverbs 2:6

For the Lord gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding;

Proverbs 20:27

The human spirit is the lamp of the Lord, searching every inmost part.

Ecclesiastes 2:26

For to the one who pleases him God gives wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner he gives the work of gathering and heaping, only to give to one who pleases God. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind.

Isaiah 28:26

For they are well instructed; their God teaches them.

Daniel 1:17

To these four young men God gave knowledge and skill in every aspect of literature and wisdom; Daniel also had insight into all visions and dreams.

Daniel 2:21

He changes times and seasons, deposes kings and sets up kings; he gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to those who have understanding.

1 Corinthians 12:8

To one is given through the Spirit the utterance of wisdom and to another the utterance of knowledge according to the same Spirit,

2 Timothy 3:16

All scripture is inspired by God and is useful for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,

James 1:5

If any of you is lacking in wisdom, ask God, who gives to all generously and ungrudgingly, and it will be given you.