Job 4:12
Now there was a word spoken to me in private, and my ears by stealth as it were received the veins of its whisper.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a little thereof.
In Context
11The tiger hath perished for want of prey, and the young lions are scattered abroad.
13In the horror of a vision by night, when deep sleep is wont to hold men,
Cross References
Job 26:14Lo, these things are said in part of his ways: and seeing we have heard scarce a little drop of his word, who shall be able to behold the thunder of his greatness?
1 Corinthians 13:12We see now through a glass in a dark manner; but then face to face. Now I know I part; but then I shall know even as I am 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 →