Job 4:12 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

“Now a word came stealing to me; my ear received the whisper of it.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and my ear received a whisper of it.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

But a word sneaked up on me; my ears caught a hint of it.

Catholic Public Domain Version

Furthermore, a word was spoken to me in secret, and, as if by theft, my ears received the pulse of its whisper.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

Job 4:12 Cross References

Job 13:1

“Look, my eye has seen all this; my ear has heard and understood it.

Job 26:14

These are indeed 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?”

Job 33:15

In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls on mortals, while they slumber on their beds,

Psalm 62:11

Once God has spoken; twice have I heard this: that power belongs to God,

1 Corinthians 13:12

For now we see only a reflection, as in a mirror, but then we will see face to face. Now I know only in part; then I will know fully, even as I have been fully known.