as long as my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils,
Job's discourse here is called a parable (mashal), the title of Solomon's proverbs, because it was grave and weighty, and very instructive, and he spoke as one having authority. It comes from a word that signifies to rule, or have dominion; and some think it intimates that Job now triumphed over his opponents, and spoke as one that had baffled them.
Commenting on Job 27:1-6
All the while my breath is in me,.... 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...
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.