Stood — Having passed by him to, and again, he made a stand, and addressed himself to speak. The form — Exactly and distinctly. 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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Job 4:16
16 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,