Eliphaz: The Innocent Prosper

Job 4:16

In 11 translations

BSB: It stood still, but I could not discern its appearance; a form loomed before my eyes, and I heard a whispering voice:
KJV: 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,there…: or, I heard a still voice
WEB: It stood still, but I couldn’t discern its appearance. A form was before my eyes. Silence, then I heard a voice, saying,
ASV: It stood still, but I could not discern the appearance thereof; A form was before mine eyes: There was silence, and I heard a voice, saying,
LSV: It stands, and I do not discern its aspect, || A likeness [is] before my eyes, || Silence! And I hear a voice:
YLT: It standeth, and I discern not its aspect, A similitude [is] over-against mine eyes, Silence! and a voice I hear:
DBY: It stood still; I could not discern the appearance thereof: a form was before mine eyes; I heard a slight murmur and a voice:
DRC: There stood one whose countenance I knew not, an image before my eyes, and I heard the voice as it were of a gentle wind:
GNV: Then stoode one, and I knewe not his face: an image was before mine eyes, and in silence heard I a voyce, saying,
JPS: It stood still, but I could not discern the appearance thereof; a form was before mine eyes; I heard a still voice:
LXXE: 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, saying,

Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

WLC: יַעֲמֹ֤ד ׀ וְֽלֹא־אַכִּ֬יר מַרְאֵ֗הוּ תְּ֭מוּנָה לְנֶ֣גֶד עֵינָ֑י דְּמָמָ֖ה וָק֣וֹל אֶשְׁמָֽע׃
LXX-Br: Ἀνέστην καὶ οὐκ ἐπέγνων, εἶδον καὶ οὐκ ἦν μορφὴ πρὸ ὀφθαλμῶν μου, ἀλλʼ ἢ αὖραν καὶ φωνὴν ἤκουον.

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1 Kings 19:12After the earthquake there was a fire, but the LORD was not in the fire. And after the fire came a still, small voice.

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