Job 4:12
Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a little thereof.
KJV
Porro ad me dictum est verbum absconditum, et quasi furtive suscepit auris mea venas susurri ejus.
Vulgate
εἰ δέ τι ῥῆμα ἀληθινὸν ἐγεγόνει ἐν λόγοις σου, ⸆ οὐθὲν ἄν σοι τούτων κακὸν ἀπήντησεν. πότερον οὐ δέξεταί μου τὸ οὖς ἐξαίσια παρ’ αὐτοῦ;
LXX
Now a thing was secretly brought to me, And mine ear received a whisper thereof.
ASV
וְ֭/אֵלַ/י דָּבָ֣ר יְגֻנָּ֑ב וַ/תִּקַּ֥ח אָ֝זְנִ֗/י שֵׁ֣מֶץ מֶֽנְ/הֽוּ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אָזְנֵ֣י
'zny
noun · 188×
דְבַר
dbr
noun · 1449×
יִּקַּ֣ח
yqch
verb · 963×
מִן
mn
preposition · 1223×
שֵׁ֣מֶץ
shmts
noun · 2×
תִּגְנֹ֤ב
tgnb
verb · 39×
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Cor 13:12 — For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.
- Gen 20:3 — But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she is a man’s wife.
- Gen 28:12 — And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it.
- Hab 3:2 — O LORD, I have heard thy speech, and was afraid: O LORD, revive thy work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make known; in wrath remember mercy.
- Job 26:14 — Lo, these are parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand?
- Job 26:14 — Lo, these are parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand?
- Job 32:8 — But there is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding.
- Job 42:5 — I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee.
- Ps 62:11 — God hath spoken once; twice have I heard this; that power belongeth unto God.