Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version It stopped, but I could not tell what it was. A form stood before my eyes, and I heard a hushed voice: New Living Translation The spirit stopped, but I couldn’t see its shape. There was a form before my eyes. In the silence I heard a voice say, English Standard Version It stood still, but I could not discern its appearance. A form was before my eyes; there was silence, then I heard a voice: Berean Standard Bible It stood still, but I could not discern its appearance; a form loomed before my eyes, and I heard a whispering voice: King James Bible 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, New King James Version It stood still, But I could not discern its appearance. A form was before my eyes; There was silence; Then I heard a voice saying: New American Standard Bible “Something was standing still, but I could not recognize its appearance; A form was before my eyes; There was silence, then I heard a voice: NASB 1995 “It stood still, but I could not discern its appearance; A form was before my eyes; There was silence, then I heard a voice: NASB 1977 “It stood still, but I could not discern its appearance; A form was before my eyes; There was silence, then I heard a voice: Legacy Standard Bible It stood still, but I could not recognize its appearance; A form was before my eyes; There was silence, then I heard a voice: Amplified Bible “The spirit stood still, but I could not discern its appearance; A form was before my eyes; There was silence, and then I heard a voice, saying: Christian Standard Bible A figure stood there, but I could not recognize its appearance; a form loomed before my eyes. I heard a whispering voice: Holman Christian Standard Bible A figure stood there, but I could not recognize its appearance; a form loomed before my eyes. I heard a quiet voice: American Standard Version It stood still, but I could not discern the appearance thereof; A form was before mine eyes: There was silence, and I heard a voice, saying, Aramaic Bible in Plain English And I stood and I did not see, and there was no apparition before my eyes, and I heard a whisper and a voice that said: Brenton Septuagint Translation I arose and perceived it not: I looked, and there, was no form before my eyes: but I only heard a breath and a voice, saying, Contemporary English Version It stopped and stood still. Then a form appeared--a shapeless form. And from the silence, I heard a voice say, Douay-Rheims Bible There stood one whose countenance I knew not, an image before my eyes, and I heard the voice as it were of a gentle wind: English Revised Version It stood still, but I could not discern the appearance thereof; a form was before mine eyes: there was silence, and I heard a voice, saying, GOD'S WORD® Translation Something stood there. I couldn't tell what it was. A vague image was in front of my eyes. I heard a soft voice: Good News Translation I could see something standing there; I stared, but couldn't tell what it was. Then I heard a voice out of the silence: International Standard Version It remained standing, but I couldn't recognize its appearance. A form appeared before my eyes; At first there was silence, and then this voice: JPS Tanakh 1917 It stood still, but I could not discern the appearance thereof; A form was before mine eyes; I heard a still voice: Literal Standard Version It stands, and I do not discern its aspect, | A likeness [is] before my eyes, | Silence! And I hear a voice: Majority Standard Bible It stood still, but I could not discern its appearance; a form loomed before my eyes, and I heard a whispering voice: New American Bible It paused, but its likeness I could not recognize; a figure was before my eyes, in silence I heard a voice: NET Bible It stands still, but I cannot recognize its appearance; an image is before my eyes, and I hear a murmuring voice: New Revised Standard Version It stood still, but I could not discern its appearance. A form was before my eyes; there was silence, then I heard a voice: New Heart English Bible It stood still, but I couldn't discern its appearance. A form was before my eyes. Silence, then I heard a voice, saying, Webster's Bible Translation It stood still, but I could not discern its form: an image was before my eyes, there was silence, and I heard a voice, saying, World English Bible It stood still, but I couldn’t discern its appearance. A form was before my eyes. Silence, then I heard a voice, saying, Young's Literal Translation It standeth, and I discern not its aspect, A similitude is over-against mine eyes, Silence! and a voice I hear: Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Eliphaz: The Innocent Prosper…15Then a spirit glided past my face, and the hair on my body bristled. 16It stood still, but I could not discern its appearance; a form loomed before my eyes, and I heard a whispering voice: 17‘Can a mortal be more righteous than God, or a man more pure than his Maker?… Cross References 1 Kings 19:12 After the earthquake there was a fire, but the LORD was not in the fire. And after the fire came a still, small voice. Job 4:15 Then a spirit glided past my face, and the hair on my body bristled. Job 4:17 Can a mortal be more righteous than God, or a man more pure than his Maker? Treasury of Scripture It stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof: an image was before my eyes, there was silence, and I heard a voice, saying, there, etc. 1 Kings 19:12 And after the earthquake a fire; but the LORD was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice. Jump to Previous Able Appearance Aspect Clearly Couldn't Discern Ears Eyes Form Hear Heard Hushed Image Murmur Present Quiet Silence Similitude Slight Something Standeth Stood Stopped Thereof VoiceJump to Next Able Appearance Aspect Clearly Couldn't Discern Ears Eyes Form Hear Heard Hushed Image Murmur Present Quiet Silence Similitude Slight Something Standeth Stood Stopped Thereof VoiceJob 4 1. Eliphaz reproves Job that the innocent do not suffer7. He teaches God's judgments to be not for the righteous, but for the wicked. 12. His fearful vision to humble the excellency of creatures before God. Verse 16. - It stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof. Canon Cook quotes, very appositely, Milton's representation of Death as a fearful shape, "If shape it could be called that shape had none Hebrew It stood still,יַעֲמֹ֤ד ׀ (ya·‘ă·mōḏ) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 5975: To stand, in various relations but I could not וְֽלֹא־ (wə·lō-) Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no discern אַכִּ֬יר (’ak·kîr) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular Strong's 5234: To regard, recognize its appearance; מַרְאֵ֗הוּ (mar·’ê·hū) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 4758: Sight, appearance, vision a form תְּ֭מוּנָה (tə·mū·nāh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 8544: Something portioned, out, as a, shape, phantom, embodiment, manifestation loomed before לְנֶ֣גֶד (lə·ne·ḡeḏ) Preposition-l Strong's 5048: A front, part opposite, a counterpart, mate, over against, before my eyes, עֵינָ֑י (‘ê·nāy) Noun - cdc | first person common singular Strong's 5869: An eye, a fountain and I heard אֶשְׁמָֽע׃ (’eš·mā‘) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular Strong's 8085: To hear intelligently a whispering דְּמָמָ֖ה (də·mā·māh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 1827: A whisper voice: וָק֣וֹל (wā·qō·wl) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 6963: A voice, sound Links Job 4:16 NIVJob 4:16 NLT Job 4:16 ESV Job 4:16 NASB Job 4:16 KJV Job 4:16 BibleApps.com Job 4:16 Biblia Paralela Job 4:16 Chinese Bible Job 4:16 French Bible Job 4:16 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Job 4:16 It stood still but I couldn't discern (Jb) |