John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 27:3
All the while my breath is in me ,.... So long the oath of God would be upon him, or he bound himself under it: and the spirit of God is in my nostrils ; which signifies the same thing. The breath of a man is his spirit, and this is of God, the Father of spirits; he first breathed into man the breath of life, and he became a living soul or spirit, Genesis 2:7 ; it is he that gives life and breath to every man, Acts 17:25 , and continues it as long as he pleases, which is a very... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 27:1-6
Job's discourse here is called a parable (mashal), the title of Solomon's proverbs, because it was grave and weighty, and very instructive, and he spoke as one having authority. It comes from a word that signifies to rule, or have dominion; and some think it intimates that Job now triumphed over his opponents, and spoke as one that had baffled them. We say of an excellent preacher that he knows how dominari in concionibus?to command his hearers. Job did so here. A long strife there had been... read more