Job 4:12

Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 26:14 : 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?
  • 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 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.

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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 form thereof: an image [was] before mine eyes, [there was] silence, and I heard a voice, [saying],

  • 1¶ Lo, 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.

  • 11When the ear heard [me], then it blessed me; and when the eye saw [me], it gave witness to me:

  • 8Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself?

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

  • 32Then I saw, [and] considered [it] well: I looked upon [it, and] received instruction.

  • 11The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout lion's whelps are scattered abroad.

  • 10He [was] unto me [as] a bear lying in wait, [and as] a lion in secret places.

  • 4As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God [was] upon my tabernacle;

  • Job 42:3-5
    3 verses
    70%

    3Who [is] he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that 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 have 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 heard the defaming of many, fear on every side. Report, [say they], and we will report it. All my familiars watched for my halting, [saying], Peradventure he will be enticed, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him.

  • Job 33:14-16
    3 verses
    69%

    14¶ For God speaketh once, yea twice, [yet man] perceiveth 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,

  • 11[Are] the consolations of God small with thee? is there any secret thing with thee?

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

  • 17Hear diligently my speech, and my declaration with your ears.

  • 12Like as a lion [that] is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.

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

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

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

  • 25For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me.

  • 21Unto me [men] gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel.

  • Ps 38:13-14
    2 verses
    68%

    13But I, as a deaf [man], heard not; and [I was] as a dumb man [that] openeth not his mouth.

    14Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth [are] no reproofs.

  • 3For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat.

  • 23‹If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.›

  • 17‹For nothing is secret, that shall not be made manifest; neither› [any thing] ‹hid, that shall not be known and come abroad.›

  • 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 slander of many: fear [was] on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life.

  • 1¶ The word of the LORD also came unto me, saying,

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

  • 17¶ I will shew thee, hear me; and that [which] I have seen I will declare;

  • 11¶ And the LORD 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 panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into fear unto me.

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

  • 18¶ And the LORD hath given me knowledge [of it], and I know [it]: then thou shewedst me their doings.

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

  • 33But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.

  • 3‹Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.›

  • 20Shall it be told him that I speak? if a man speak, surely he shall be swallowed up.

  • 4He hath said, which heard the words of God, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling [into a trance], but having his eyes open:

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