Job 4:12
“Now a thing was secretly brought to me. My ear received a whisper of it.
World English Bible Updated
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 perishes for lack of prey. The cubs of the lioness are scattered abroad.
13In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falls on men,
Cross References
Job 26:14Behold, these are but the outskirts of his ways. How small a whisper do we hear of him! But the thunder of his power who can understand?”
1 Corinthians 13:12For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I will know fully, even as I was also fully 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 →