King James Version

Job 4:15

Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up:

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וְ֭רוּחַveruchaand angerרוּחַconjunction, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “and anger”, the ordinary formH7307wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions)air, anger, blast, breath, [idiom] cool, courage, mind, [idiom] quarter, [idiom] side, spirit(-ual), tempest, [idiom] vain, (whirl-) wind(-y).עַלalaboveעַלpreposition — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…פָּנַ֣יpanaya- foreפָּנִיםnoun, common, both genders, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “a- fore”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)[phrase] accept, a-(be-) fore(-time), against, anger, [idiom] as (long as), at, [phrase] battle, [phrase] because (of), [phrase] beseech, countenance, edge, [phrase] employ, endure, [phrase] enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-…יַחֲלֹ֑ףyachalofchangeחָלַףverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “change”, an unfinished actionH2498properly, to slide by, i.e. (by implication) to hasten away, pass on, spring up, pierce or changeabolish, alter, change, cut off, go on forward, grow up, be over, pass (away, on, through), renew, sprout, strike through.תְּ֝סַמֵּ֗רtesamerstand upסָמַרverb, piel, imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “stand up”, an unfinished actionH5568to be erect, i.e. bristle as hairstand up, tremble.שַֽׂעֲרַ֥תsaarathairשַׂעֲרָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “hair”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8185hairinesshair.בְּשָׂרִֽיbesaribodyבָּשָׂרnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “body”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1320flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of amanbody, (fat, lean) flesh(-ed), kin, (man-) kind, [phrase] nakedness, self, skin.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Then a spirit passed before my face, that made the hair of my flesh to stand up.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Then a spirit passed before my face; The hair of my flesh stood up.

Young’s Literal Translation

And a spirit before my face doth pass, Stand up doth the hair of my flesh;

World English Bible

Then a spirit passed before my face. The hair of my flesh stood up.

Darby Translation

And a spirit passed before my face — the hair of my flesh stood up —

Douay-Rheims

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

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Then a spirit passed before my face, that made the hair of my flesh to stand up.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And a spirit came before my face; and my hair and flesh quivered.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

καὶ πνεῦμα ἐπὶ πρόσωπόν μου ἐπῆλθεν, ἔφριξαν δέ μου τρίχες καὶ σάρκες.