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Can a Human Being Appear Upright in the Presence of God?[a]

12 “A word was quietly brought to me;
    a whisper of it reached my ears.
13 It was made known to me in nighttime visions
    when sleep comes upon all men.
14 I was seized with terror and trembling
    that caused all my bones to shake violently.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 4:12 Thanks to a personal revelation, Eliphaz has understood this important truth: man is only dust and impurity before his Creator. He echoes a major revelation of the entire Bible.