New English Translation
Job 4:14
14a trembling gripped me – and a terror! – and made all my bones shake.
Job 4:14 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake.
- New International Version (NIV)fear and trembling seized me and made all my bones shake.
- English Standard Version (ESV)dread came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones shake.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Fear came upon me, and trembling, Which made all my bones shake.
Context of Job 4:14
12“Now a word was secretly brought to me, and my ear caught a whisper of it. 13In the troubling thoughts of the dreams in the night when a deep sleep falls on men, a trembling gripped me – and a terror! – and made all my bones shake. 15Then a breath of air passes by my face; it makes the hair of my flesh stand up. 16It stands still, but I cannot recognize its appearance; an image is before my eyes, and I hear a murmuring voice:
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פַּ֣חַד קְ֭רָאַנִי וּרְעָדָ֑ה וְרֹ֖ב עַצְמוֹתַ֣י הִפְחִֽיד׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 4:14
- Job 7:14then you scare me with dreams and terrify me with visions,
- Psalms 119:120My body trembles because I fear you; I am afraid of your judgments. ע (Ayin)
- Isaiah 6:5I said, “Too bad for me! I am destroyed, for my lips are contaminated by sin, and I live among people whose lips are contaminated by sin. My eyes have seen the king, the Lord who commands armies.”
- Daniel 10:11He said to me, “Daniel, you are of great value. Understand the words that I am about to speak to you. So stand up, for I have now been sent to you.” When he said this to me, I stood up shaking.
- Habakkuk 3:16I listened and my stomach churned; the sound made my lips quiver. My frame went limp, as if my bones were decaying, and I shook as I tried to walk. I long for the day of distress to come upon the people who attack us.
- Luke 1:12And Zechariah, visibly shaken when he saw the angel, was seized with fear.
- Revelation 1:17When I saw him I fell down at his feet as though I were dead, but he placed his right hand on me and said: “Do not be afraid! I am the first and the last,
- Job 33:19Or a person is chastened by pain on his bed, and with the continual strife of his bones,
Commentaries on Job 4:14
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14Fear came upon me - Margin, “Met me.” The Chaldee Paraphrase renders this, “a tempest,” זיקא . The Septuagint, ́ frikē - “shuddering,” or “horror.” The sense is, that he became greatly alarmed at the vision. Which made all my bones to shake - Margin, as in Hebrew, the multitude of my bones. A similar image is employed by Virgil, Obstupuere auimis, gelidusque per ima cucurrit Ossa tremor; Aeneid ii. 120. “A cold tremor ran through all their bones.”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. 14Fear often occurs in God's presence (Genesis 15:12; Daniel 8:17–18; 10:8–10). But God tells his people not to fear (Genesis 15:1; 26:24; Isaiah 40:9; 44:8). Eliphaz's bones shook like those of a prophet with terrible news to share (Jeremiah 23:9; Habakkuk 3:16).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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