Job 4:12
But if there had been any truth in thy words, 1 None of these evils would have befallen thee. 1 Shall not mine ear receive excellent revelations from him? 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
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 has perished for want of food, 1 And the lions’ whelps have forsaken one another. 1
13But as when terror falls upon men, 1 With dread and a sound in the night, 1
Cross References
Job 26:14Behold, these are parts of his way; 1 And we will hearken to him at the least intimation of his word: 1 But the strength of his thunder who knows, when he shall employ it?
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 →