Job 27:3

“All the while my breath [is] in me, etc.] 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, (<010207>Genesis 2:7); it is he that gives life and breath to every man, (<441725>Acts 17:25), and continues it as long as he pleases, which is a very precarious thing; for it is in his nostrils, where it is drawn to and fro and soon and easily stopped; nor will it always continue, it will some time not be, it will go forth, and then man dies,…”

“Implying Job's knowledge of the fact that the living soul was breathed into man by God (Gen 2:7). "All the while." But MAURER, "As yet all my breath is in me" (notwithstanding my trials): the reason why I can speak so boldly.”

“And the spirit of God is in my nostrils - As long as I live. The “spirit of God” here means the breath that God breathed into man when he created him, Genesis 2:7. It would seem probable that there was an allusion to that fact by the language here, and that the knowledge of the way in which man was created was thus handed down by tradition. return to 'Top of Page'”

“the spirit of God: that is, the breath which God gave him, Gen 2:7; Isa 2:22; Act 17:25 Job 27:4”