Job 4:13

In the horror of a vision by night, when deep sleep is wont to hold men,

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men,

In Context

12Now there was a word spoken to me in private, and my ears by stealth as it were received the veins of its whisper.

14Fear seized upon me, and trembling, and all my bones were affrighted:

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Cross References

Genesis 15:12And when the sun was setting, a deep sleep fell upon Abram, and a great and darksome horror seized upon him.

Genesis 28:12And he saw in his sleep a ladder standing upon the earth, and the top thereof touching heaven: the angels also of God ascending and descending by it;

Genesis 46:2He heard him by a vision in the night calling him, and saying to him: Jacob, Jacob. And he answered him: Lo, here I am.

Numbers 22:19I pray you to stay here this night also, that I may know what the Lord will answer me once more.

Job 33:15By a dream in a vision by night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, and they are sleeping in their beds :

Daniel 2:28But there is a God in heaven that revealeth mysteries, who hath shewn to thee, O king Nabuchodonosor, what is to come to pass in the latter times. Thy dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy bed, are these:

Matthew Henry on Job 4:13-21

12 Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a little thereof. 13 In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men, 14 Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake. 15 Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up: 16 It stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof: an image was before mine eyes, there was silence, and I heard a voice, saying, 17 Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his… Read the whole commentary →

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