15Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up:
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And of the angels he saith, Who maketh his angels spirits, and his ministers a flame of fire.
Then the king's countenance was changed, and his thoughts troubled him, so that the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one against another.
Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire:
But they were terrified and affrighted, and supposed that they had seen a spirit. …
Therefore are my loins filled with pain: pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman that travaileth: I was bowed down at the hearing of it; I was dismayed at the seeing of it. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 12-21)Eliphaz, having undertaken to convince Job of the sin and folly of his discontent and impatience, here vouches a vision he had been favoured with, which he relates to Job for his conviction. What comes immediately from God all men will pay a particular deference to, and Job, no doubt, as much as any. Some think Eliphaz had this vision now lately , since he came to Job, putting words into his mouth…
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