New American Standard Bible 2020

Job 4:12-21

12“Now a word 1was brought to me secretly, And my ear received a 2whisper of it.13Amid disquieting 3thoughts from visions of the night, When deep sleep falls on people,14Dread came upon me, and trembling, And made 4all my bones shake.15Then a 5spirit passed by my face; The hair of my flesh stood up.16Something was standing still, but I could not recognize its appearance; A form was before my eyes; There was silence, then I heard a voice:17‘Can 6mankind be righteous 7before God? Can a man be pure 8before his 9Maker?18 10He puts no trust even in His servants; And He accuses His angels of error.19How much more those who live in 11houses of clay, Whose 12foundation is in the dust, Who are crushed before the moth!20 13Between morning and evening they are broken in pieces; Unregarded, they 14perish forever.21Is their 15tent-cord not pulled out within them? They die, yet 16without wisdom.’

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Notes

1. Job 4:12 Job 4:12-17; 33:15-18 ↩
2. Job 4:12 Job 26:14 ↩
3. Job 4:13 Job 33:15 ↩
4. Job 4:14 Lit the multitude of ↩
5. Job 4:15 Or wind passed over ↩
6. Job 4:17 Job 9:2; 25:4 ↩
7. Job 4:17 Lit from ↩
8. Job 4:17 Lit from ↩
9. Job 4:17 Job 31:15; 32:22; 35:10; 36:3 ↩
10. Job 4:18 Job 15:15 ↩
11. Job 4:19 Job 10:9; 33:6 ↩
12. Job 4:19 Gen 2:7; 3:19; Job 22:16 ↩
13. Job 4:20 Job 14:2 ↩
14. Job 4:20 Job 14:20; 20:7 ↩
15. Job 4:21 Job 8:22 ↩
16. Job 4:21 Job 18:21; 36:12 ↩

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Commentaries on Job 4