Job 4:12
Now a davar was secretly brought to me, 1 and mine ear received a whisper thereof. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
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 teref (prey), 1 and the stout lionʼs cubs are scattered. 1
13In thoughts from the chezyonot lailah, 1 when tardemah (deep sleep) falleth on anashim, 1
Cross References
Job 26:14Lo, these are but the ketzot of His ways, 1 but how faint the davar we hear of Him. 1 And the thunder of His gevurah who can understand?
1 Corinthians 13:12For still we see through a mirror indistinctly. But then, + 13:12 in the Olam Haba distinctly, panim el panim. Now I have da'as only in part; then I will have da'as fully, even as also Hashem had full da'as of me. + 13:12 Job 26:14; 36:26; Gn 32:30; Job 19:26
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 →