Eliphaz’s Mystical Revelation

Job 4:12-21

"For a word was stealthily brought to me, my ear caught only a whisper of it.

In passing thoughts flashing through visions at night, when sleep lies heavy on people,

a shiver of horror came over me; it made all my bones tremble.

Then a spirit passed in front of my face; the hair of my flesh stood on end.

It stood still, but I couldn't make out its appearance; yet the form stayed there before my eyes. Then I heard a subdued voice:

'Can a human be seen by God as righteous? Can a mortal be pure before his maker?

[God] doesn't trust his own servants, he finds fault even with his angels;

much more those living in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust. They are crushed more easily than a worm;

shattered between morning and evening; they perish forever, and no one takes notice.

Their cord within them is pulled up; then they die, without ever gaining wisdom.'