New International Version
Job 4:15
15A spirit glided past my face, and the hair on my body stood on end.
Job 4:15 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up:
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)A spirit swept past my face, and my hair stood on end.
Context of Job 4:15
13Amid disquieting dreams in the night, when deep sleep falls on people, 14fear and trembling seized me and made all my bones shake. A spirit glided past my face, and the hair on my body stood on end. 16It stopped, but I could not tell what it was. A form stood before my eyes, and I heard a hushed voice: 17‘Can a mortal be more righteous than God? Can even a strong 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
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 4:15
- Psalms 104:4He makes winds his messengers, flames of fire his servants.
- Matthew 14:26When the disciples saw him walking on the lake, they were terrified. “It’s a ghost,” they said, and cried out in fear.
- Luke 24:37They were startled and frightened, thinking they saw a ghost.
- Hebrews 1:7In speaking of the angels he says, “He makes his angels spirits, and his servants flames of fire.”
- Isaiah 13:8Terror will seize them, pain and anguish will grip them; they will writhe like a woman in labor. They will look aghast at each other, their faces aflame.
- Isaiah 21:3At this my body is racked with pain, pangs seize me, like those of a woman in labor; I am staggered by what I hear, I am bewildered by what I see.
- Daniel 5:6His face turned pale and he was so frightened that his legs became weak and his knees were knocking.
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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