King James Version
Job 4:15 in the King James Version says “Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up:” — study this verse from Job chapter 4 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up:”
Job 4:15 · KJV
In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men,
Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake. came: Heb. met all: Heb. the multitude of
Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up:
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, there: or, I heard a still voice
Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker?
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Then a spirit”
H7307wind; by resemblance breath, i.e., a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“before my face”
H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
“passed”
H2498properly, to slide by, i.e., (by implication) to hasten away, pass on, spring up, pierce or change
“of my flesh”
H1320flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of a man
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