Job 4:12
And unto me a thing is secretly brought, And receive doth mine ear a little of it.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a little thereof.
In Context
11An old lion is perishing without prey, And the whelps of the lioness do separate.
13In thoughts from visions of the night, In the falling of deep sleep on men,
Cross References
Job 26:14Lo, these [are] the borders of His way, And how little a matter is heard of Him, And the thunder of His might Who doth understand?
1 Corinthians 13:12for we see now through a mirror obscurely, and then face to face; now I know in part, and then I shall fully know, as also I was 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 →