Job 4:12

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“Now a word came to me secretly; my ears caught a whisper of it.”

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BSBPD

“Now a word came to me secretly; my ears caught a whisper of it.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a little thereof.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Now a thing was secretly brought to me, And mine ear received a whisper thereof.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And unto me a thing is secretly brought, And receive doth mine ear a little of it.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Job 4:12 — 4 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Job 13:1“Indeed, my eyes have seen all this; my ears have heard and understood.
  2. Job 26:14Indeed, these are but the fringes of His ways; how faint is the whisper we hear of Him! Who then can understand the thunder of His power?”
  3. Psalms 62:11God has spoken once; I have heard this twice: that power belongs to God,
  4. 1 Corinthians 13:12Now we see but a dim reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.

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