The Meaning of Job 34:14 Explained

Job 34:14

KJV: If he set his heart upon man, if he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath;

YLT: If He doth set on him His heart, His spirit and his breath unto Him He gathereth.

Darby: If he only thought of himself, and gathered unto him his spirit and his breath,

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

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Job 34:14?

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WORDS: What do the individual words in Job 34:14 mean?

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What is the context of Job 34:14?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

If he set his heart upon man, [if] he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath;

What does Job 34:14 Mean?

Context Summary

Job 34:1-37 - The Almighty Must Be Just

Elihu stands in Job 34:10 as God's apologist. God's absolute and impartial justice is at all times a matter of untold comfort. There will be no cause of ultimate complaint, but from the lips of the holiest beings in the universe, most able to pass an opinion, the cry will ascend, "Great and marvelous are thy works, O Lord God the Almighty. Righteous and true are thy ways, thou King of the ages"¦. Thy righteous acts have been made manifest," Revelation 15:3-4, r.v.

Ponder those last words. God's righteous acts have not yet been made manifest; it is therefore foolish and wrong to pass judgment upon an unfinished program. Wait, mortal man, until, at the great white throne, God shall unfold His inner reasons. If it is not fit to say to a king, "Thou art vile," how much less to Him who lives through the ages, while the people are shaken and pass away, and the mighty are taken away without hand! [source]

Chapter Summary: Job 34

¹ Elihu accuses Job for charging God with injustice
¹⁰ God omnipotent cannot be unjust
³¹ Man must humble himself unto God
³⁴ Elihu reproves Job

What do the individual words in Job 34:14 mean?

if He should set on it His heart His Spirit and His breath to Himself [If] He should gather

אִם־ יָשִׂ֣ים אֵלָ֣יו לִבּ֑וֹ רוּח֥וֹ וְ֝נִשְׁמָת֗וֹ אֵלָ֥יו יֶאֱסֹֽף

יָשִׂ֣ים	He should set
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: שׂוּמָה Sense: to put, place, set, appoint, make.
אֵלָ֣יו	on it
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine singular Root: אֶל Sense: to, toward, unto (of motion).
לִבּ֑וֹ	His heart
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular Root: לֵב Sense: inner man, mind, will, heart, understanding.
רוּח֥וֹ	His Spirit
Parse: Noun, common singular construct, third person masculine singular Root: רוּחַ Sense: wind, breath, mind, spirit.
וְ֝נִשְׁמָת֗וֹ	and His breath
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine singular Root: נְשָׁמָה Sense: breath, spirit.
אֵלָ֥יו	to Himself
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine singular Root: אֶל Sense: to, toward, unto (of motion).
יֶאֱסֹֽף	[If] He should gather
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: אָסַף Sense: to gather, receive, remove, gather in.

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