Job 4:16
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4:16It stands still,50
but I cannot recognize51 its appearance;
an image is before my eyes,
and I hear a murmuring voice:52
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- 50 The has the first person of the verb: “I arose and perceived it not, I looked and there was no form before my eyes; but I only heard a breath and a voice.”
- 51 The imperfect verb is to be classified as potential imperfect. Eliphaz is unable to recognize the figure standing before him.
- 52 The colon reads “a silence and a voice I hear.” Some have rendered it “there is a silence, and then I hear.” The verb דָּמַם (damam) does mean “remain silent” (Job 29:21; 31:34) and then also “cease.” The noun דְּמָמָה (démamah, “calm”) refers to the calm after the storm in Ps 107:29. Joined with the true object of the verb, “voice,” it probably means something like stillness or murmuring or whispering here. It is joined to “voice” with a conjunction, indicating that it is a hendiadys, “murmur and a voice” or a “murmuring voice.”
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
It stood still,
but I could not discern its appearance.
A form was before my eyes;
there was silence, then I heard a voice:
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
It stopped,
but I could not tell what it was.
A form stood before my eyes,
and I heard a hushed voice:
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
A figure stood there,
but I could not recognize its appearance;
a form loomed before my eyes.
I heard a whispering voice:
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NLTNew Living Translation
The spirit stopped, but I couldn’t see its shape.
There was a form before my eyes.
In the silence I heard a voice say,
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
It stood still, but I could not recognize its appearance;
a form was before my eyes;
there was a hush, and I heard a voice:
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KJV 1900King James Version
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,
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