Job 4:16
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
It stood still, but I could not discern its appearance; a form loomed before my eyes, and I heard a whispering voice:

Young's Literal Translation
It standeth, and I discern not its aspect, A similitude [is] over-against mine eyes, Silence! and a voice I hear:

King James Bible
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],

Hebrew
It stood still,
יַעֲמֹ֤ד ׀ (ya·‘ă·mōḏ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5975: To stand, in various relations

but I could not
וְֽלֹא־ (wə·lō-)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

discern
אַכִּ֬יר (’ak·kîr)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 5234: To regard, recognize

its appearance;
מַרְאֵ֗הוּ (mar·’ê·hū)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 4758: Sight, appearance, vision

a form
תְּ֭מוּנָה (tə·mū·nāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 8544: Something portioned, out, as a, shape, phantom, embodiment, manifestation

loomed before
לְנֶ֣גֶד (lə·ne·ḡeḏ)
Preposition-l
Strong's 5048: A front, part opposite, a counterpart, mate, over against, before

my eyes,
עֵינָ֑י (‘ê·nāy)
Noun - cdc | first person common singular
Strong's 5869: An eye, a fountain

and I heard
אֶשְׁמָֽע׃ (’eš·mā‘)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 8085: To hear intelligently

a whispering
דְּמָמָ֖ה (də·mā·māh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 1827: A whisper

voice:
וָק֣וֹל (wā·qō·wl)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6963: A voice, sound

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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