Christian Standard Bible
Job 4:15
15I felt a draft on my face, and the hair on my body stood up.
Job 4:15 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up:
- New International Version (NIV)A spirit glided past my face, and the hair on my body stood on end.
- English Standard Version (ESV)A spirit glided past my face; the hair of my flesh stood up.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Then a spirit passed before my face; The hair on my body stood up.
Context of Job 4:15
13Among unsettling thoughts from visions in the night, when deep sleep comes over men, 14fear and trembling came over me and made all my bones shake. I felt a draft on my face, and the hair on my body stood up. 16A figure stood there, but I could not recognize its appearance; a form loomed before my eyes. I heard a whispering voice: 17“Can a mortal be righteous before God? Can a man be more pure than his Maker?”
Read all of Job 4Job 4:15 word by word
וְ֭רוּחַ עַל־פָּנַ֣י יַחֲלֹ֑ף תְּ֝סַמֵּ֗ר שַֽׂעֲרַ֥ת בְּשָׂרִֽי׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 4:15
- Psalms 104:4and making the winds his messengers, flames of fire his servants.
- Matthew 14:26When the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were terrified. “It’s a ghost!” they said, and they cried out in fear.
- Luke 24:37But they were startled and terrified and thought they were seeing a ghost.
- Hebrews 1:7And about the angels he says: He makes his angels winds, and his servants a fiery flame,
- Isaiah 13:8They will be horrified; pain and agony will seize them; they will be in anguish like a woman in labor. They will look at each other, their faces flushed with fear.
- Isaiah 21:3Therefore I am filled with anguish. Pain grips me, like the pain of a woman in labor. I am too perplexed to hear, too dismayed to see.
- Daniel 5:6his face turned pale, and his thoughts so terrified him that he soiled himself and his knees knocked together.
Commentaries on Job 4:15
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15Then a spirit passed before my face - He does not intimate whether it was the spirit of a man, or an angel who thus appeared. The belief in such apparitions was common in the early ages, and indeed has prevailed at all times. No one can demonstrate that God could not communicate his will in such a manner as this, or by a messenger deputed from his immediate presence to impart valuable truth to people. The hair of my flesh stood up - This is an effect…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-21Verses 12-21 Eliphaz relates a vision. When we are communing with our own hearts, and are still, Psa 4:4, then is a time for the Holy Spirit to commune with us. This vision put him into very great fear. Ever since man sinned, it has been terrible to him to receive communications from Heaven, conscious that he can expect no good tidings thence. Sinful man! shall he pretend to be more just, more pure, than God, who being his Maker, is his Lord and Owner?…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 15a spirit (or wind) glided past my face: Wind shows God's powerful presence in a physical way (38:1; Nahum 1:3; Acts 2:2; compare 1 Kings 19:11).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-211. Eliphaz--the mildest of Job's three accusers. The greatness of Job's calamities, his complaints against God, and the opinion that calamities are proofs of guilt, led the three to doubt Job's integrity.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 4
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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