Job 4:16 — Compare Translations

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[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,

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

[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,

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

It stood still, but I could not discern its appearance; a form loomed before my eyes, and I heard a whispering voice:

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

A figure stood there, but I could not recognize its appearance; a form loomed before my eyes. I heard a whispering voice:

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

It stood still; I could not discern the appearance thereof: a form was before mine eyes; I heard a slight murmur and a voice:

English EASY 2024

Something stopped and it stood in front of me. I could not recognize its shape. Then I heard a quiet voice say:

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

The spirit stood still, but I could not see what it was. A shape stood before my eyes, and there was silence. Then I heard a quiet voice:

It stood still, but I could not discern its appearance. A form was before my eyes; there was silence, then I heard a voice:

English GNT (Good News Translation)

I could see something standing there; I stared, but couldn't tell what it was. Then I heard a voice out of the silence:

English God's Word - GW 1995

Something stood there. I couldn't tell what it was. A vague image was in front of my eyes. I heard a soft voice:

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

[A figure] stood there, but I could not recognize its appearance; a form loomed before my eyes. I heard a quiet voice:

English KJV 1611

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,

English LSB

It stood still, but I could not recognize its appearance; A form was before my eyes; There was silence, then I heard a voice:

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

It stood still, but I could not recognize its appearance; a form was in front of my eyes, there was stillness, then I heard a voice saying:

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

"It stood still, but I could not discern its appearance; A form was before my eyes; There was silence, then I heard a voice:

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

It paused, but its likeness I could not discern; a figure was before my eyes, and I heard a still voice:

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

It stands still, but I cannot recognize its appearance; an image is before my eyes, and I hear a murmuring voice:

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

Then the spirit stopped. But I couldn't tell what it was. Something stood there in front of me. I heard a soft voice.

English NIV

It stopped, but I could not tell what it was. A form stood before my eyes, and I heard a hushed voice:

English NKJ 1982

It stood still, But I could not discern its appearance. A form was before my eyes; There was silence; Then I heard a voice saying:

English NLT

It stopped, but I couldn't see its shape. There was a form before my eyes, and a hushed voice said,

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

It stood still, but I could not discern its appearance. A form was before my eyes; there was silence, then I heard a voice:

English RSV (Revised 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:

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

I felt the spirit's presence, but couldn't see it standing there. Then out of the dreadful silence came this voice:

English Tyndale 1537

He stood there and I knew not his face, an image there was before me and there was stillness,(Then stode there one before me, whose face I knewe not: an ymage there was, and the wether was still) so that I heard this voice.