Job 4:15
Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up:
Job 4:15 in other translations
| BSB | Then a spirit glided past my face, and the hair on my body bristled. |
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| WEB | Then a spirit passed before my face. The hair of my flesh stood up. |
| ASV | Then a spirit passed before my face; The hair of my flesh stood up. |
| YLT | And a spirit before my face doth pass, Stand up doth the hair of my flesh; |
| DARBY | And a spirit passed before my face — the hair of my flesh stood up — |
| BBE | And a breath was moving over my face; the hair of my flesh became stiff: |
| Webster | Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up: |
What does Job 4:15 mean?
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 4:12-21
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…
Job 4:15 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Job 4:15
- Hebrews 1:7
And of the angels he saith, Who maketh his angels spirits, and his ministers a flame of fire.
- Luke 24:37-39
But they were terrified and affrighted, and supposed that they had seen a spirit. And he said unto them, Why are ye troubled? and why do thoughts arise in your hearts? Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have.
- Psalms 104:4
Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire:
- Daniel 5:6
Then the king’s countenance was changed, and his thoughts troubled him, so that the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one against another.
- Isaiah 21:3-4
Therefore are my loins filled with pain: pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman that travaileth: I was bowed down at the hearing of it; I was dismayed at the seeing of it. My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into fear unto me.
- Isaiah 13:8
And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames.
- Hebrews 1:14
Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?
- Matthew 14:26
And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a spirit; and they cried out for fear.
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Context
- Job 4:14
Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake.
- Job 4:15
Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up:
- Job 4:16
It stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof: an image was before mine eyes, there was silence, and I heard a voice, saying,
Job 4:15 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y un espíritu pasó por delante de mí, que hizo se erizara el pelo de mi carne. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et un esprit passa devant moi: les cheveux de ma chair se dressèrent. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | und ein Geist zog vor meinem Angesicht vorüber, das Haar meines Leibes starrte empor. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | et cum spiritus, me præsente, transiret, inhorruerunt pili carnis meæ. |