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Job Chapter 32 verse 8 Holy Bible

ASV Job 32:8

But there is a spirit in man, And the breath of the Almighty giveth them understanding.
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BBE Job 32:8

But truly it is the spirit in man, even the breath of the Ruler of all, which gives them knowledge.
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DARBY Job 32:8

But there is a spirit which is in man; and the breath of the Almighty giveth them understanding.
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KJV Job 32:8

But there is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding.
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WBT Job 32:8

But there is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding.
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WEB Job 32:8

But there is a spirit in man, And the breath of the Almighty gives them understanding.
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YLT Job 32:8

Surely a spirit is in man, And the breath of the Mighty One Doth cause them to understand.
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 8. - But there is a spirit in man. But, after all, it is not mere age and experience that make men wise and able to teach others. "There is a spirit in man" (see Genesis 2:7); and it is according as this spirit is or is not enlightened from on high that men speak words of wisdom or the contrary. The inspiration of the Almighty - this it is, which - giveth them understanding. And such inspiration it is in the power of God to bestow, as he pleases, on the old or on the young, on the great of the earth, or on those of small reputation. Hence Elihu's conclusion -

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(8) But there is a spirit in man.--Rather, But it is the spirit in man.And the inspiration of the Almighty.--Rather, And the breath of the Almighty that giveth them understanding. It is the expression used in the Mosaic narrative of the origin of man, and may perhaps show acquaintance on the part of the writer with that narrative (Genesis 2:7). Elihu means to say that it is not years so much as the spirit and illumination of the Almighty that maketh a man pre-eminent in wisdom.