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12 “Now a word was brought to me secretly,
    and my ear received a whisper of it.
13 Amid disquieting thoughts from night visions,
    when deep sleep falls on mortals,
14 terror and trembling came to me,
    which made all my bones shake.
15 A breath of wind was passing before my face,
    and the hair on my body was standing up.
16 It stood still,
    but I could not recognize its appearance;
a form was in front of my eyes,
    there was stillness, then I heard a voice saying:

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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”