Job 34:14 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁴ If he should take back his spirit to himself and gather to himself his breath,

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁴ If [God] should set His heart upon him [man] and withdraw His [life-giving] spirit and His breath [from man] to Himself,

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

¹⁴ If he were to decide to do it— to gather his spirit and breath back to himself—

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁴ But, if he directs his heart towards him, he will draw his spirit and breath to himself.

Job 34:14 Cross References

Psalm 104:29

When you hide your face, they are dismayed; when you take away their breath, they die and return to their dust.

Job 9:4

He is wise in heart and mighty in strength; who has resisted him and succeeded?

Isaiah 24:22

They will be gathered together like prisoners in a pit; they will be shut up in a prison, and after many days they will be punished.

Job 7:17

What are humans, that you make so much of them, that you set your mind on them,

Job 12:10

In his hand is the life of every living thing and the breath of every human being.

Psalm 90:3

You turn us back to dust and say, “Turn back, you mortals.”

Ecclesiastes 12:7

and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the breath returns to God who gave it.