Job 4:13
But as when terror falls upon men, with dread and a sound in the night,
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men,
In Context
14horror and trembling seized me, and caused all my bones greatly to shake.
Cross References
Genesis 15:12And about sunset a trance fell upon Abram, and lo! a great gloomy terror falls upon him.
Genesis 28:12and dreamed, and behold a ladder fixed on the earth, whose top reached to heaven, and the angels of God ascended and descended on it.
Genesis 46:2And God spoke to Israel in a night vision, saying, Jacob, Jacob; and he said, What is it?
Numbers 22:19And now do ye also tarry here this night, and I shall know what the Lord will yet say to me.
Job 33:15sending a dream, or in the meditation of the night; (as when a dreadful alarm happens to fall upon men, in slumberings on the bed:)
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 →