Text -- Job 32:8 (NET)

32:8 But it is a spirit in people, the breath of the Almighty, that makes them understand.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Job 32:8

¹ tn This is the word נְשָׁמָה (nÿshamah, “breath”); according to Gen 2:7 it was breathed into Adam to make him a living person (“soul”). With that divine impartation came this spiritual understanding. Some commentators identify the רוּחַ (ruakh) in the first line as the Spirit of God; this “breath” would then be the human spirit. Whether Elihu knew that much, however, is hard to prove.