KJV King James Version
Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up:
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Job 4:15
Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up:
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Then a spirit glided past my face, and the hair on my body bristled.
WEB World English Bible
Then a spirit passed before my face. The hair of my flesh stood up.
ASV American Standard Version
Then a spirit passed before my face; The hair of my flesh stood up.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And a spirit before my face doth pass, Stand up doth the hair of my flesh;
Surrounding context — Job 4
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 sleep falleth on men,
14 Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake.
15 Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up:
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],
17 Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker?
18 Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged with folly:
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Hebrews 1:7And of the angels he saith, Who maketh his angels spirits, and his ministers a flame of fire.Luke 24:37-39But they were terrified and affrighted, and supposed that they had seen a spirit.Daniel 5:6Then the king’s countenance was changed, and his thoughts troubled him, so that the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one against another.Psalm 104:4Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire:Isaiah 13:8And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at another; their faces [shall be as] flames.Isaiah 21:3-4Therefore are my loins filled with pain: pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman that travaileth: I was bowed down at the hearing [of it]; I was dismayed at the seeing [of it].Matthew 14:26And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a spirit; and they cried out for fear.Hebrews 1:14Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?
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