Job 4:15

Then a spirit passed before my face, that made the hair of my flesh to stand up.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up:

In Context

14Fear came upon me, and trembling, and all my bones were made to shake.

16It stood still, but I could not discern the appearance thereof; a form was before mine eyes; I heard a still voice:

Read all of Job 4

Cross References

Isaiah 13:8And they shall be affrighted; pangs and throes shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman in travail; they shall look aghast one at another; their faces shall be faces of flame.

Daniel 5:6Then the king's countenance was changed in him, and his thoughts affrighted him; and the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one against another.

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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Job 4:15