The Meaning of Job 4:16 Explained

Job 4:16

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,

YLT: It standeth, and I discern not its aspect, A similitude is over-against mine eyes, Silence! and a voice I hear:

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

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 ,

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Job 4:16?

MEANING: What does Job 4:16 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Job 4:16 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Job 4:16?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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], 

What does Job 4:16 Mean?

Context Summary

Job 4:1-21 - "shall Mortal Man Be More Just Than God?"
The first cycle of speeches is opened by Eliphaz. It must be remembered that he and the two others believed that special suffering resulted from and was the sign of special sin. Job's calamities, in the light of that thought, seemed to prove that he who had been considered a paragon of perfection was not what they had supposed. According to their philosophy, if only he would confess his sin, all would be well and the sun would shine again upon his path.
Eliphaz recounts a visitation, in a night vision, from the unseen world, which is described with marvelous power. Emphasis is laid on the infinite distance between God and man, and on the impossibility of a mortal being accounted just in the presence of divine purity. Of course the suggestion is that Job was suffering the penalty of sin which, though it had eluded human eyes, was naked and open before God. An angel seems dark against God's pure light, and if an angel is deficient, how much more man! [source]

Chapter Summary: Job 4

1  Eliphaz reproves Job that the innocent do not suffer
7  He teaches God's judgments to be not for the righteous, but for the wicked
12  His fearful vision to humble the excellency of creatures before God

What do the individual words in Job 4:16 mean?

It stood still but not I could discern its appearance a form [was] before my eyes [There was] silence and a voice I heard [saying]
יַעֲמֹ֤ד ׀ וְֽלֹא־ אַכִּ֬יר מַרְאֵ֗הוּ תְּ֭מוּנָה לְנֶ֣גֶד עֵינָ֑י דְּמָמָ֖ה וָק֣וֹל אֶשְׁמָֽע

יַעֲמֹ֤ד ׀  It  stood  still 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: עָמַד  
Sense: to stand, remain, endure, take one’s stand.
וְֽלֹא־  but  not 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Adverb, Negative particle
Root: הֲלֹא 
Sense: not, no.
אַכִּ֬יר  I  could  discern 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperfect, first person common singular
Root: נָכַר 
Sense: to recognise, acknowledge, know, respect, discern, regard.
מַרְאֵ֗הוּ  its  appearance 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: מַרְאֶה  
Sense: sight, appearance, vision.
תְּ֭מוּנָה  a  form  [was] 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: תְּמוּנָה  
Sense: form, image, likeness, representation, semblance.
לְנֶ֣גֶד  before 
Parse: Preposition-l
Root: נֶגֶד  
Sense: what is conspicuous, what is in front of adv.
עֵינָ֑י  my  eyes 
Parse: Noun, cdc, first person common singular
Root: עֹונָה 
Sense: eye.
דְּמָמָ֖ה  [There  was]  silence 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: דְּמָמָה  
Sense: whisper, calm.
וָק֣וֹל  and  a  voice 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular
Root: קֹול 
Sense: voice, sound, noise.
אֶשְׁמָֽע  I  heard  [saying] 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, first person common singular
Root: שָׁמַע 
Sense: to hear, listen to, obey.

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