The spirit of man is the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly.
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Gill's Exposition
The spirit of man is the candle of the Lord,.... The rational soul of man is a light set up in him; this is what is commonly called the light of nature; it was a bright and burning light at first, but…
Barnes' Notes
The spirit of man - The “breath” of Gen 2:7, the higher life, above that which he has in common with lower animals, coming to him direct from God. Such a life, with all its powers of insight,…
Matthew Henry
We have here the dignity of the soul, the great soul of man, that light which lighteth every man. 1. It is a divine light; it is the candle of the Lord, a candle of his lighting, for it is the…
Cambridge Bible
spirit Lit. breath (πνοή, LXX.). The word, in this unusual sense, may probably have been chosen to recall Gen 2:7: the Lord God … breathed into his nostrils the breath(the same word as here) of life.…
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