Holy Scripture
Job 4:13
A church father on this verse
“In the horror of a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men. The horror of a vision of the night is the shuddering of secret contemplation. For the higher the elevation, whereat the mind of man contemplates the things that are eternal, so much the more, terror-struck at her temporal deeds, she shrinks with…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
13But as when terror falls upon men, With dread and a sound in the night,
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11The old lion has perished for want of food, And the lions’ whelps have forsaken one another.
12But if there had been any truth in thy words, None of these evils would have befallen thee. Shall not mine ear receive excellent revelations from him?
— Job 4:13 —
14Horror and trembling seized me, And caused all my bones greatly to shake.
15And a spirit came before my face; And my hair and flesh quivered.