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General Information:
The writer uses parallelism in these verses, conveying a single idea using different statements to emphasize Eliphaz's fear. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism)
fear and trembling came upon me
Here fear and trembling are spoken of as if they were objects that could come to a person. AT: "I began to be afraid and to tremble" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
the hair of my flesh stood up
This indicates great fear.
the hair of my flesh
"the hair on my body"