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 · 2000Now a thing was secretly brought to me, And mine ear received a whisper thereof.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a little thereof.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Now a thing was secretly brought to me, And mine ear received a whisper thereof.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949A word was given to me secretly, and the low sound of it came to my ears.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And unto me a thing is secretly brought, And receive doth mine ear a little of it.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Now 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 · 1890Now to me a word was secretly brought, and mine ear received a whisper thereof.
Context
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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