12 A word was brought to me in secret;
my ears caught a whisper of it.(A)
13 Among unsettling thoughts from visions in the night,(B)
when deep sleep(C) descends on men,
14 fear and trembling came over me(D)
and made all my bones shake.
15 A wind[a] passed by me,
and I shuddered with fear.[b]
16 A figure stood there,
but I could not recognize its appearance;
a form loomed before my eyes.
I heard a quiet voice:

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Footnotes

  1. Job 4:15 Or A spirit
  2. Job 4:15 Or and the hair on my body stood up

12 “And a word came stealing to me,
and my ear received the whisper from it.
13 Amid troubling thoughts from night visions,
at the falling of deep sleep on men,
14 dread met me, and trembling,
and it made many of my bones shake.
15 And a spirit glided before my face;
the hair of my flesh[a] bristled.
16 It stood still, but[b] I could not recognize its appearance;
a form was before[c] my eyes;
there was a hush, and I heard a voice:

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Footnotes

  1. Job 4:15 Or “body”
  2. Job 4:16 Hebrew “and”
  3. Job 4:16 Literally “to before”