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Job 4:15
15A wind was blowing over my face. The hair on my skin 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
13I was asleep, but my dreams woke me. 14I was very afraid. Even my bones were shaking. A wind was blowing over my face. The hair on my skin stood up. 16Something stopped and it stood in front of me. I could not recognize its shape. Then I heard a quiet voice say: 17“No human is righteous when he stands in front of God. He cannot be pure in front of 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 104:4You use the winds to carry your messages. Flames of fire are your servants.
- Matthew 14:26The disciples saw him walking on the water. They were very frightened. ‘It is a spirit,’ they said. They screamed loudly because they were afraid.
- Luke 24:37But the whole group was very surprised and afraid. They thought that they were seeing a spirit.
- Hebrews 1:7God speaks about the angels like this: ‘God makes his angels like winds. They serve him like fires that burn brightly.’
- Isaiah 13:8They will be very afraid. Their bodies will hurt with great pain, like a woman who is giving birth. They will look at each other, as their faces show fear and pain.
- Isaiah 21:3Because of that vision, I am very upset. Bad pains attack me, like the pains of a woman who is giving birth. My body hurts because of the things that I have heard. I am afraid to look!
- Daniel 5:6When he saw it, his face became white. He was very afraid. His knees shook and his legs became weak.
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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