New English Translation
Job 4:15
15Then a breath of air passes by my face; it makes the hair of my flesh stand 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
13In the troubling thoughts of the dreams in the night when a deep sleep falls on men, 14a trembling gripped me – and a terror! – and made all my bones shake. Then 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: 17“Is a mortal man righteous before God? Or a man pure before his Creator?
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 104:4He makes the winds his messengers, and the flaming fire his attendant.
- Matthew 14:26When the disciples saw him walking on the water they were terrified and said, “It’s a ghost!” and cried out with fear.
- Luke 24:37But they were startled and terrified, thinking they saw a ghost.
- Hebrews 1:7And he says of the angels, “He makes his angels spirits and his ministers a flame of fire,”
- Isaiah 13:8They panic – cramps and pain seize hold of them like those of a woman who is straining to give birth. They look at one another in astonishment; their faces are flushed red.
- Isaiah 21:3For this reason my stomach churns; cramps overwhelm me like the contractions of a woman in labor. I am disturbed by what I hear, horrified by what I see.
- Daniel 5:6Then all the color drained from the king’s face and he became alarmed. The joints of his hips gave way, and his knees began knocking 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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