Job 4:12

American Standard Version (1901)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 26:14 : 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?
  • Ps 62:11 : 11 God hath spoken once, Twice have I heard this, That power belongeth unto God.
  • 1 Cor 13:12 : 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.

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  • Job 4:13-16
    4 verses
    76%

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

    14Fear came upon me, and trembling, Which made all my bones to shake.

    15Then a spirit passed before my face; The hair of my flesh stood up.

    16It stood still, but I could not discern the appearance thereof; A form was before mine eyes: [There was] silence, and I heard a voice, [saying] ,

  • 1Lo, mine eye hath seen all [this], Mine ear hath heard and understood it.

  • 4I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.

  • 11For when the ear heard [me], then it blessed me; And when the eye saw [me], it gave witness unto me:

  • 8Hast thou heard the secret counsel of God? And dost thou limit wisdom to thyself?

  • 8Surely thou hast spoken in my hearing, And I have heard the voice of [thy] words, [saying] ,

  • 32Then I beheld, and considered well; I saw, and received instruction:

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

  • 10He is unto me as a bear lying in wait, as a lion in secret places.

  • 4As I was in the ripeness of my days, When the friendship of God was upon my tent;

  • Job 42:3-5
    3 verses
    70%

    3Who is this that hideth counsel without knowledge? Therefore have I uttered that which I understood not, Things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.

    4Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak; I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.

    5I had heard of thee by the hearing of the ear; But now mine eye seeth thee:

  • 3And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them that hear shall hearken.

  • 10For I have heard the defaming of many, terror on every side. Denounce, and we will denounce him, [say] all my familiar friends, they that watch for my fall; peradventure he will be persuaded, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him.

  • Job 33:14-16
    3 verses
    69%

    14For God speaketh once, Yea twice, [though man] regardeth it not.

    15In a dream, in a vision of the night, When deep sleep falleth upon men, In slumberings upon the bed;

    16Then he openeth the ears of men, And sealeth their instruction,

  • 11Are the consolations of God too small for thee, Even the word that is gentle toward thee?

  • 2I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings of old,

  • 17Hear diligently my speech, And let my declaration be in your ears.

  • 12He is like a lion that is greedy of his prey, And as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.

  • 16If now [thou hast] understanding, hear this: Hearken to the voice of my words.

  • 27And my heart hath been secretly enticed, And my mouth hath kissed my hand:

  • 20My son, attend to my words; Incline thine ear unto my sayings.

  • 25For the thing which I fear cometh upon me, And that which I am afraid of cometh unto me.

  • 21Unto me men gave ear, and waited, And kept silence for my counsel.

  • Ps 38:13-14
    2 verses
    68%

    13But I, as a deaf man, hear not; And I am as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.

    14Yea, I am as a man that heareth not, And in whose mouth are no reproofs.

  • 3For the ear trieth words, As the palate tasteth food.

  • 23If any man hath ears to hear, let him hear.

  • 17For nothing is hid, that shall not be made manifest; nor [anything] secret, that shall not be known and come to light.

  • 12For it was not an enemy that reproached me; Then I could have borne it: Neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; Then I would have hid myself from him:

  • 13For I have heard the defaming of many, Terror on every side: While they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life.

  • 1The word of Jehovah also came unto me, saying,

  • 2I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; And my sorrow was stirred.

  • 17I will show thee, hear thou me; And that which I have seen I will declare:

  • 11And Jehovah said to Samuel, Behold, I will do a thing in Israel, at which both the ears of every one that heareth it shall tingle.

  • 4My heart fluttereth, horror hath affrighted me; the twilight that I desired hath been turned into trembling unto me.

  • 10Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, all my words that I shall speak unto thee receive in thy heart, and hear with thine ears.

  • 18And Jehovah gave me knowledge of it, and I knew it: then thou showedst me their doings.

  • 26Upon this I awaked, and beheld; and my sleep was sweet unto me.

  • 33But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell securely, And shall be quiet without fear of evil.

  • 3Wherefore whatsoever ye have said in the darkness shall be heard in the light; and what ye have spoken in the ear in the inner chambers shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.

  • 20Shall it be told him that I would speak? Or should a man wish that he were swallowed up?

  • 4He saith, who heareth the words of God, Who seeth the vision of the Almighty, Falling down, and having his eyes open:

  • 7All that hate me whisper together against me; Against me do they devise my hurt.