Job 4:16

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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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  • 1 Kgs 19:12 : 12 After the earthquake, there was a fire, but the LORD was not in the fire. After the fire, there was a soft whisper.

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  • Job 4:12-15
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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.

  • Job 42:4-5
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    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:

  • Dan 10:15-16
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    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.

  • Ezek 1:27-28
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    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:

  • Jer 4:23-24
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    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.

  • Job 23:8-9
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    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?