Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Dream » Instances of » Of eliphaz, of a spirit speaking to him
Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and my ear received a whisper of it. In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falls on men, fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake. read more.
Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up. It stood still, but I could not discern the appearance of it. A form was before my eyes. [There was] silence, and I heard a voice, [saying], Shall mortal man be more just than God? Shall a man be more pure than his maker? Behold, he puts no trust in his servants, and he charges his [heavenly] agents with folly. How much more those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed before the moth! Between morning and evening they are destroyed. They perish forever without any regarding it. Is not their tent-cord plucked up within them? They die, and that without wisdom.
Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up. It stood still, but I could not discern the appearance of it. A form was before my eyes. [There was] silence, and I heard a voice, [saying], Shall mortal man be more just than God? Shall a man be more pure than his maker? Behold, he puts no trust in his servants, and he charges his [heavenly] agents with folly. How much more those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed before the moth! Between morning and evening they are destroyed. They perish forever without any regarding it. Is not their tent-cord plucked up within them? They die, and that without wisdom.
Man » Mortal
All go to one place. All are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.
Verse Concepts
And inasmuch as it is reserved to men once to die, and after this, judgment,
Verse Concepts
For since death is because of a man, the resurrection of the dead is also because of a man. For as by Adam all die, so also by Christ all will be made alive.
Shall mortal man be more just than God? Shall a man be more pure than his maker?
Verse Concepts
The wise man's eyes are in his head, and the fool walks in darkness. And yet I perceived that one event happens to them all. Then said I in my heart, As it happens to the fool, so it will happen even to me, and why then was I more wise? Then said I in my heart that this also is vanity.