and after the earthquake a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire, and after the fire a sound of sheer silence.
Job 4:16 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 It stood still, but I could not discern its appearance. A form was before my eyes; there was silence; then I heard a voice: Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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, Amplified Bible - Classic Edition [The spirit] stood still, but I could not discern the appearance of it. A form was before my eyes; there was silence, and then I heard a voice, saying, American Standard Version (1901) 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, Common English Bible It stopped. I didn’t recognize its visible form, although a figure was in front of my eyes. Silence! Then I heard a voice: Catholic Public Domain Version There appeared an image before my eyes, someone whose face I did not recognize, and I heard a voice like a gentle breeze. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version 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: |
and after the earthquake a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire, and after the fire a sound of sheer silence.
‘Can mortals be righteous before God? Can humans be pure before their Maker?