Job 4:16

There stood one whose countenance I knew not, an image before my eyes, and I heard the voice as it were of a gentle wind:

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

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,

In Context

15And when a spirit passed before me, the hair of my flesh stood up.

17Shall man be justified in comparison of God, or shall a man be more pure than his maker?

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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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