fear and trembling came over me and made all my bones shudder.
Eliphaz, having undertaken to convince Job of the sin and folly of his discontent and impatience, here vouches a vision he had been favoured with, which he relates to Job for his conviction. What comes immediately from God all men will pay a particular deference to, and Job, no doubt, as much as any.
Commenting on Job 4:12-21
Then a spirit passed before my face,.... Which some interpret of a wind (q), a blustering wind, that blew strong in his face; and so the Targum renders it, a stormy wind, such an one as Elijah perceived when the Lord spoke to him, though he was not in that, Kg1 19:11; or such a whirlwind, out of which the Lord spake to Job, Job...
Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake. (i) In these visions which God shows to his creatures, there is always a certain fear joined, that the authority of it might be had in greater reverence.