Job 4:16 BSB — MannaFest

Job 4:16

It stood still, but I could not discern its appearance; a form loomed before my eyes, and I heard a whispering voice:

BSB

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ASV

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,

KJV

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,

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Commentary

2 voices

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

It stood still--At first the apparition glides before Eliphaz, then stands still, but with that shadowy indistinctness of form which creates such an impression of awe; a gentle murmur: not (English Version): there was silence; for in 1Ki 19:12, the voice, as opposed to the previous storm, denotes a gentle, still murmur.

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

An image - I saw some visible resemblance, though in a confused manner. Silence - The spirit, which possibly had made some noise with his motion, now standing still made no noise; all other persons and things about me were silent, and I also kept in my voice and breath, that I might distinctly hear. In the Hebrew, the words run thus, silence and a voice I heard.

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Original language & word study

10 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
יַעֲמֹ֤ד׀	ya.'a.Mod	it stood still	H5975 →
וְֽלֹא־	ve.lo'-	and not	H3808 →
אַכִּ֬יר	'a.Kir	I recognized	H5234 →
מַרְאֵ֗הוּ	mar.'E.hu	appearance its	H4758 →
תְּ֭מוּנָה	Te.mu.nah	a form	H8544 →
לְנֶ֣גֶד	le.Ne.ged	[was] to before	H5048 →
עֵינָ֑י	'ei.Nai	eyes my	H5869 →
דְּמָמָ֖ה	de.ma.Mah	a whisper	H1827 →
וָק֣וֹל	va.Kol	and a voice	H6963 →
אֶשְׁמָֽע׃	'esh.Ma'	I heard	H8085 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
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.
leads to
- Zechariah 4:6
  So he said to me, “This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel: Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit, says the LORD of Hosts.
- Deuteronomy 4:33
  Has a people ever heard the voice of God speaking out of the fire, as you have, and lived?
- Deuteronomy 4:11–12
  You came near and stood at the base of the mountain, a mountain blazing with fire to the heavens, with black clouds and deep darkness.
- Job 33:7
  Surely no fear of me should terrify you; nor will my hand be heavy upon you.
- Exodus 34:6
  Then the LORD passed in front of Moses and called out: “The LORD, the LORD God, is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness,

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Job Hears of His Misfortunes — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Job

Where the connections lead

The record, by era

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About Job