¹⁶ Let the Lord, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation,

¹⁰ In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind.

⁸ For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?

⁴ The spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life.

¹⁴ If he set his heart upon man, if he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath;

²⁷ Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh: is there any thing too hard for me?

⁴ Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die.

⁹ Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?