Job 4:12
Now to me a word was secretly brought, and mine ear received a whisper thereof.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a little thereof.
In Context
11The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the whelps of the lioness are scattered.
13In thoughts from visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men:
Cross References
Job 26:14Lo, these are the borders of his ways; but what a whisper of a word do we hear of him! And the thunder of his power, who can understand?
1 Corinthians 13:12For we see now through a dim window obscurely, but then face to face; now I know partially, but then I shall know according as I also have been known.
Matthew Henry on Job 4:8-12
7 Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off? 8 Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same. 9 By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed. 10 The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken. 11 The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout lion's whelps are scattered abroad. Eliphaz here advances another argument to prove… Read the whole commentary →