Job 4:20 Explained in Context

Verse 12. ¹² Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a little thereof.

Verse 13. ¹³ In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men,

Verse 14. ¹⁴ Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake.

Verse 15. ¹⁵ Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up:

Verse 16. ¹⁶ It stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof: an image was before mine eyes, there was silence, and I heard a voice, saying,

Verse 17. ¹⁷ Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker?

Verse 18. ¹⁸ Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged with folly:

Verse 19. ¹⁹ How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth?

Verse 20. ²⁰ They are destroyed from morning to evening: they perish for ever without any regarding it.

Verse 21. ²¹ Doth not their excellency which is in them go away? they die, even without wisdom.