Job 4:15

A spirit — An angel in visible shape, otherwise he could not have discerned it. Stood up — Through that excessive horror caused by so glorious, unusual, and terrible a presence.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Then a spirit passed before my face - He does not intimate whether it was the spirit of a man, or an angel who thus appeared. The belief in such...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Eliphaz confirms the truth of his doctrine by telling of a vision which he had had. A revelation came upon him like a thief in the night (lit. a word...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

a spirit. Hebrew. ruach. App-9 :.. movement of air, caused by something unseen.
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 454 ELIPHAZ REPROVES JOB Job 4:12-19 . Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a little thereof. In thoughts fr...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up:
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake. No JFB commentary on these verses.
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The First Speech of Eliphaz ( Job 4:5 ) Eliphaz is the principal and probably the oldest of the three friends: cp. Job 32:6 . He is also the most...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

A spirit ] rather, 'a breath.'
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

A spirit passed before my face. — It is vain to argue from this passage that spiritual essences are capable of being seen by the bodily eye, becaus...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

VII. THE THINGS ELIPHAZ HAD SEEN Job 4:1-21 ; Job 5:1-27 ELIPHAZ SPEAKS THE ideas of sin and suffering against which the poem of Job was wri...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“Shall Mortal Man Be More Just than God?” Job 4:1-21 The first cycle of speeches is opened by Eliphaz. It must be remembered that he and the tw...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Now begins the great controversy between Job and his friends, which occupies the major portion of the Book. This controversy moves in three cycles. T...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(12) В¶ Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a little thereof. (13) In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sle...
James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

A SPECTRAL VISITOR ‘A spirit passed before my face.’ Job 4:15 However we may explain it, there is no doubt that the real or fancied appearan...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Then a spirit passed before my face ,.... Which some interpret of a wind q, a blustering wind, that blew strong in his face; and so the Targum rende...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up: Ver. 15. Then a spirit passed before my face ] Some render it a wind, as a m...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Then Hebrew, And , as the particle ו, vau , generally signifies. A spirit passed before my face An angel in a visible shape, otherwise he could...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

ELIPHAZ: COMMENDATION TWISTED INTO REBUKE (vv.1-6) The three friends of Job could only think of God's justice in reference to Job's sufferings,...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

12 Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a little thereof. 13 In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Then, Heb. and , or for , as this particle is oft used. So this was the reason of the foregoing thoughts and fear. A spirit; an angel in some v...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

COMMENCEMENT OF THE CONTROVERSY BETWEEN JOB AND HIS THREE FRIENDS First Course of the Speeches. First Dialogue,—Eliphaz and Job First Speech o...
Sermon Bible Commentary

Job 4:13-17 I. Consider the spectre itself and its appearance. (1) It was produced by a likeness of moral state. It was a time of thought. But thi...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 4:1 . Eliphaz answered, being the eldest, or the more eloquent. Job 4:3 . Thou hast instructed many. The holy patriarchs were all preacher...
The Biblical Illustrator

Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said. The first colloquy At this point we pass into the poem proper. It opens with three colloquies betw...
The Biblical Illustrator

In thoughts from the visions of the night. The spectre’s question Disguise it how we may, this is a ghost story. I. Attempt to realise the s...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Job having ended his complaint, Eliphaz the Temanite, the first-named of his three friends ( Job 2:11 ), and perhaps the eldest of th...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Job having thus given way to his impatience, his friends thought it their duty to correct him. But instead of showing him in what respect his positio...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Then a spirit passed before my face, gliding or flitting before him like the apparition of an angel; the hair of my flesh stood up, as in sudden, e...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Daniel 5:6 ; Hebrews 1:14 ; Hebrews 1:7 ; Isaiah 13:8 ; Isaiah 21:3 ; Isaiah 21:4 ; Luke 24:37-39 ; Matthew 14:26 ; Psalms 104:4
Wells of Living Water Commentary

The Philosophy of Eliphaz Job 4:1-21 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We are now approaching a part of the Book of Job that is most interesting. Job's three...

¹⁵ Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up:

Related Commentaries of Job 4:15

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Job 4:15