Job 4:16 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

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,

It stood still. At first the apparition glides before Eliphaz, then stands still, but with that shadowy indistinctness of form which creates such an impression of awe; a gentle murmur! not (English version) there was silence. For in 1 Kings 19:12 the still small voice, as opposed to the previous storm, denotes a gentle still murmur х qowl (H6963) dªmaamaah (H1827)], translated, 'I heard a whisper and a voice' - i:e., a whispering voice.

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,