Job 4:12-16

New Living Translation

¹² “This truth was given to me in secret,
    as though whispered in my ear.
¹³ It came to me in a disturbing vision at night,
    when people are in a deep sleep.
¹⁴ Fear gripped me,
    and my bones trembled.
¹⁵ A spirit^[a] swept past my face,
    and my hair stood on end.^[b]
16 The spirit stopped, but I couldn’t see its shape.
    There was a form before my eyes.
In the silence I heard a voice say,