Job 4:12

But to me a word came by stealth, and my ear took in a scarcely perceptible whisper thereof.

Leeser Tanakh

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 have to scatter themselves abroad.

13In intense thoughts out of visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men:

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Cross References

Job 26:14Lo, these are ends of his ways; for how slight a whisper is heard [by us] of him! but the thunder of his mighty deeds who can understand?

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 →

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