Job 4:12

In 11 translations

BSB

Now a word came to me secretly; my ears caught a whisper of it.

KJV

Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a little thereof.secretly: Heb. by stealth

WEB

“Now a thing was secretly brought to me. My ear received a whisper of it.

ASV

Now a thing was secretly brought to me, And mine ear received a whisper thereof.

LSV

And a thing is secretly brought to me, || And my ear receives a little of it.

YLT

And unto me a thing is secretly brought, And receive doth mine ear a little of it.

DBY

Now to me a word was secretly brought, and mine ear received a whisper thereof.

DRC

Now there was a word spoken to me in private, and my ears by stealth as it were received the veins of its whisper.

GNV

But a thing was brought to me secretly, and mine eare hath receiued a litle thereof.

JPS

Now a word was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a whisper thereof.

LXXE

But 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?

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WLC

וְ֭אֵלַי דָּבָ֣ר יְגֻנָּ֑ב וַתִּקַּ֥ח אָ֝זְנִ֗י שֵׁ֣מֶץ מֶֽנְהֽוּ׃

LXX-Br

Εἰ δέ τι ῥῆμα ἀληθινὸν ἐγεγόνει ἐν λόγοις σου, οὐθὲν ἄν σοι τούτων κακὸν ἀπήντησε· πότερον οὐ δέξεταί μου τὸ οὖς ἐξαίσια παρʼ αὐτοῦ;

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Cross-references most cited first

• Job 26:14Indeed, these are but the fringes of His ways; how faint is the whisper we hear of Him! Who then can understand the thunder of His power?”
• Psalms 62:11God has spoken once; I have heard this twice: that power belongs to God,
• 1 Corinthians 13:12Now we see but a dim reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.

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