Job 4:14 (BSB)
fear and trembling came over me and made all my bones shudder.
Commentary on Job 4:14
- Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Job 4:12-21: Eliphaz, having undertaken to convince Job of the sin and folly of his discontent and impatience, here vouches a vision he had been favoured with, which he relates to Job for his conviction. What comes immediately from God all men will pay a particular deference to, and Job, no doubt, as much as any.
- John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Job 4:14: Then a spirit passed before my face,.... Which some interpret of a wind (q), a blustering wind, that blew strong in his face; and so the Targum renders it, a stormy wind, such an one as Elijah perceived when the Lord spoke to him, though he was not in that, Kg1 19:11; or such a whirlwind, out of which the Lord spake to Job, Job...
- Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on Job 4:14: Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake. (i) In these visions which God shows to his creatures, there is always a certain fear joined, that the authority of it might be had in greater reverence.
- Keil & Delitzsch (Lutheran), Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament on Job 4:12-16: Job 4:12-16 12 And a word reached me stealthily, And my ear heard a whisper thereof. 13 In the play of thought, in visions of the night, When deep sleep falleth on men, 14 Fear came upon me, and trembling; And it caused the multitude of my bones to quake with fear.