Job 4:12

What does Job 4:12 mean?

A plain-English look at Job 4:12 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

A word was given to me secretly, and the low sound of it came to my ears.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

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

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Now there was a word spoken to me in private, and my ears by stealth, as it were, received the veins of its whisper.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

Now to me a word was secretly brought, and mine ear received a whisper thereof.

Context

v.11The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, And the whelps of the lioness are scattered abroad.

v.12This passage

v.13In thoughts from the visions of the night, When deep sleep falleth on men,

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 1 Corinthians 13:12

    For now we see in a mirror, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know fully even as also I was fully known.

  • Job 26:14

    Lo, these are but the outskirts of his ways: And how small a whisper do we hear of him! But the thunder of his power who can understand?

  • Psalms 62:11

    God hath spoken once, Twice have I heard this, That power belongeth unto God.

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