15 And the wind passed before me, and made the hairs of my flesh to stand up.

16 Then stood one, and I knew not his face: an image was before mine eyes, and in [a]silence heard I a voice, saying,

17 Shall man be more [b]just than God? or shall a man be more pure than his Maker?

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Footnotes

  1. Job 4:16 When all things were quiet, or when the fear was somewhat assuaged, as God appeared to Elijah, 1 Kings 19:12.
  2. Job 4:17 He proveth that if God did punish the innocent, the creature should be more just than the Creator, which were a blasphemy.

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