Job 4:16
It stands still, but I cannot recognize its appearance; an image is before my eyes, and I hear a murmuring voice:
It stands still, but I cannot recognize its appearance; an image is before my eyes, and I hear a murmuring voice:
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12Ungodly Complainers Provoke God’s Wrath“Now a word was secretly brought to me, and my ear caught a whisper of it.
13In the troubling thoughts of the dreams in the night when a deep sleep falls on men,
14dread gripped me and trembling, which made all my bones shake.
15Then a breath of air passes by my face; it makes the hair of my flesh stand up.
17“Is a mortal man righteous before God? Or a man pure before his Creator?
9I listened to his voice, and as I did so I fell into a trance-like sleep with my face to the ground.
4You said,‘Pay attention, and I will speak; I will question you, and you will answer me.’
5I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye has seen you.
8Elihu Rejects Job’s Plea of Innocence“Indeed, you have said in my hearing(I heard the sound of the words!):
5Reply to me, if you can; set your arguments in order before me and take your stand!
4the oracle of the one who hears the words of God, who sees a vision from the Almighty, although falling flat on the ground with eyes open:
15While he was saying this to me, I was flat on the ground and unable to speak.
16Then one who appeared to be a human being was touching my lips. I opened my mouth and started to speak, saying to the one who was standing before me,“Sir, due to the vision, anxiety has gripped me and I have no strength.
27I saw an amber glow like a fire enclosed all around from his waist up. From his waist down I saw something that looked like fire. There was a brilliant light around it,
28like the appearance of a rainbow in the clouds after the rain. This was the appearance of the surrounding brilliant light; it looked like the glory of the LORD. When I saw it, I threw myself face down, and I heard a voice speaking.
11If he passes by me, I cannot see him, if he goes by, I cannot perceive him.
4Then I perceived that the glory of the God of Israel was there, as in the vision I had seen earlier in the valley.
5In the fire were what looked like four living beings. In their appearance they had human form,
14“Pay attention to this, Job! Stand still and consider the wonders God works.
31Pay attention, Job– listen to me; be silent, and I will speak.
16the oracle of the one who hears the words of God, and who knows the knowledge of the Most High, who sees a vision from the Almighty, although falling flat on the ground with eyes open:
23“I looked at the land and saw that it was an empty wasteland. I looked up at the sky, and its light had vanished.
24I looked at the mountains and saw that they were shaking. All the hills were swaying back and forth!
4You held my eyelids open; I was troubled and could not speak.
1I will stand at my watch post; I will remain stationed on the city wall. I will keep watching, so I can see what he says to me and can know how I should answer when he counters my argument.
6The Lord’s Second Speech Then the LORD answered Job from the whirlwind:
15An Angel Interprets Daniel’s Vision While I, Daniel, was watching the vision, I sought to understand it. Now one who appeared to be a man was standing before me.
6I heard someone speaking to me from the temple, while the man was standing beside me.
31“You, O king, were watching as a great statue– one of impressive size and extraordinary brightness– was standing before you. Its appearance caused alarm.
8The Inaccessibility and Power of God“If I go to the east, he is not there, and to the west, yet I do not perceive him.
9In the north when he is at work, I do not see him; when he turns to the south, I see no trace of him.
11Job’s Benevolence“As soon as the ear heard these things, it blessed me, and when the eye saw them, it bore witness to me,
16And I have waited. But because they do not speak, because they stand there and answer no more,
20But the LORD is in his majestic palace. The whole earth is speechless in his presence!”
14then what will I do when God confronts me in judgment; when he intervenes, how will I respond to him?
5I saw a dream that frightened me badly. The things I imagined while lying on my bed– these visions of my mind– were terrifying me.
2As I watched, I noticed a form that appeared to be a man. From his waist downward was something like fire, and from his waist upward something like a brightness, like an amber glow.
1At this also my heart pounds and leaps from its place.
14I am like a man who cannot hear and is incapable of arguing his defense.
3Do you fix your eye on such a one? And do you bring me before you for judgment?
19Who will contend with me? If anyone can, I will be silent and die.
1VI. The Divine Speeches(38:1-42:6)The Lord’s First Speech Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind:
1Job’s Reply to God’s Challenge Then the LORD answered Job:
2I was stone silent; I held back the urge to speak. My frustration grew;
18As he spoke with me, I fell into a trance with my face to the ground. But he touched me and stood me upright.
13While I was watching in my mind’s visions on my bed, a holy sentinel came down from heaven.
22Isolated and Silenced The hand of the LORD rested on me there, and he said to me,“Get up, go out to the valley, and I will speak with you there.”
1Ezekiel’s Commission He said to me,“Son of man, stand on your feet and I will speak with you.”
27whom I will see for myself, and whom my own eyes will behold, and not another. My heart grows faint within me.
4Is my complaint against a man? If so, why should I not be impatient?