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12 A word was stealthily brought to me,[a]
    my ear caught a whisper of it.
13 In my thoughts during visions of the night,(A)
    when deep sleep falls on mortals,
14 Fear came upon me, and shuddering,
    that terrified me to the bone.

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Footnotes

  1. 4:12–21 A dramatic presentation of the idea of human nothingness in contrast to God’s greatness (v. 17). The message of the “private revelation” that stirs Eliphaz so deeply is in reality expressed countless times in the Bible. The statements of the friends are often “truths” that are insensitive or irrelevant to Job’s questioning.