^{12 Ref} Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a little thereof.

^{13 Ref} In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men,

^{14 Ref} Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake.

^{15 Ref} Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up:

^{16 Ref} 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,

^{17 Ref} Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker?

^{18 Ref} Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged with folly:

^{19 Ref} How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth?

^{20 Ref} They are destroyed from morning to evening: they perish for ever without any regarding it.

^{21 Ref} Doth not their excellency which is in them go away? they die, even without wisdom.