Job 4:16
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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.

1 Kings 19:12
And after the earthquake, a fire: but the Lord is not in the fire. And after the fire, a whistling of a gentle air.

Job 4:15
And when a spirit passed before me, the hair of my flesh stood up.

Job 4:17
Shall man be justified in comparison of God, or shall a man be more pure than his maker?

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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.

there, etc.

1 Kings 19:12 And after the earthquake, a fire: but the Lord is not in the fire. And after the fire, a whistling of a gentle air.

Context
Eliphaz: The Innocent Prosper
15And when a spirit passed before me, the hair of my flesh stood up. 16There stood one whose countenance I knew not, an image before my eyes, and I heard the voice, as it were, of a gentle wind.17Shall man be justified in comparison of God, or shall a man be more pure than his maker?…
Lexicon
It stood still,
יַעֲמֹ֤ד ׀ (ya·‘ă·mōḏ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5975: To stand, in various relations

but I could not
וְֽלֹא־ (wə·lō-)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

discern
אַכִּ֬יר (’ak·kîr)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 5234: To regard, recognize

its appearance;
מַרְאֵ֗הוּ (mar·’ê·hū)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4758: Sight, appearance, vision

a form
תְּ֭מוּנָה (tə·mū·nāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8544: Something portioned, out, as a, shape, phantom, embodiment, manifestation

loomed before
לְנֶ֣גֶד (lə·ne·ḡeḏ)
Preposition-l
Strong's Hebrew 5048: A front, part opposite, a counterpart, mate, over against, before

my eyes,
עֵינָ֑י (‘ê·nāy)
Noun - cdc | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 5869: An eye, a fountain

and I heard
אֶשְׁמָֽע׃ (’eš·mā‘)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 8085: To hear intelligently

a whispering
דְּמָמָ֖ה (də·mā·māh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1827: A whisper

voice:
וָק֣וֹל (wā·qō·wl)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6963: A voice, sound


Additional Translations
It stood still, but I could not discern its appearance; a form loomed before my eyes, and I heard a whispering voice:It stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof: an image was before my eyes, there was silence, and I heard a voice, saying,

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 ,

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,

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

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,

It stood still, but I could not discern its form: an image was before my eyes, there was silence, and I heard a voice, saying,

It stood still, but I couldn't discern its appearance. A form was before my eyes. Silence, then I heard a voice, saying,

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