Job 4:12

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Job 26:14 : 14 Behold, these are parts of His ways: but how small a portion is heard of Him? But the thunder of His power, who can understand?
  • Ps 62:11 : 11 God has spoken once; twice have I heard this: that power belongs to 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 I shall know just as I also am known.

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  • Job 4:13-16
    4 verses
    76%

    13In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falls on men,

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

    15Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up:

    16It stood still, but I could not discern its form: an image was before my eyes; there was silence, and I heard a voice, saying,

  • 1Look, my eye has seen all this, my ear has heard and understood it.

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

  • 11When the ear heard me, it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it approved me;

  • 8Have you heard the secret counsel of God? And do you limit wisdom to yourself?

  • 8Surely you have spoken in my hearing, and I have heard the voice of your words, saying,

  • 32Then I saw, and considered it well; I looked upon it, and received instruction.

  • 11The old lion perishes for lack of prey, and the cubs of the stout lion are scattered abroad.

  • 10He was to me like a bear lying in wait, and like a lion in hiding.

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

  • Job 42:3-5
    3 verses
    70%

    3Who is he who hides counsel without knowledge? Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand, things too wonderful for me, which I did not know.

    4Listen, I beseech You, and I will speak: I will question You, and You declare to me.

    5I have heard of You by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees You.

  • 3And the eyes of those who see shall not be dim, and the ears of those who hear shall listen.

  • 10For I heard the defaming of many, fear on every side. Report, they say, and we will report it. All my familiar friends watched for my faltering, saying, Perhaps 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%

    14For God speaks once, yes, twice, yet man does not perceive it.

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

    16Then He opens the ears of men and seals their instruction,

  • 11Are the consolations of God small with you? Is there any secret thing with you?

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

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

  • 12Like a lion that is eager for its prey, and as a young lion lurking in secret places.

  • 16If now you have understanding, hear this; listen to the voice of my words.

  • 27And my heart was secretly enticed, or my mouth has kissed my hand:

  • 20My son, pay attention to my words; incline your ear to my sayings.

  • 25For the thing I greatly feared has come upon me, and what I dreaded has happened to me.

  • 21Men listened to me and waited, and kept silence for my counsel.

  • Ps 38:13-14
    2 verses
    68%

    13But I, like a deaf man, do not hear, and I am like a mute man who does not open his mouth.

    14Thus I am like a man who does not hear, and in whose mouth are no responses.

  • 3For the ear tries words as the mouth tastes food.

  • 23If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear.

  • 17For nothing is secret, that shall not be made manifest; neither anything hidden, 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 one who hated me that exalted himself against me; then I would have hidden 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 my life.

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

  • 2I was silent and still, I held my peace even from good; and my sorrow was stirred.

  • 17I will show you, hear me; and that which I have seen I will declare:

  • 11And the LORD said to Samuel, Behold, I will do something in Israel, at which both the ears of everyone who hears it shall tingle.

  • 4My heart pounded, fearfulness frightened me; the night that I delighted in has been turned into terror for me.

  • 10Moreover he said to me, Son of man, all my words that I speak to you receive in your heart, and hear with your ears.

  • 18And the LORD has given me knowledge of it, and I know it: then you showed me their doings.

  • 26Upon this I awoke, and looked around; and my sleep was sweet to me.

  • 33But whoever listens to me will live safely, and will be at ease from fear of evil.

  • 3Therefore, whatever you have spoken in darkness will be heard in the light; and what you have spoken in the ear in closets will be proclaimed upon the housetops.

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

  • 4He has said, who heard the words of God, who saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open:

  • 7All who hate me whisper together against me; they devise my harm against me.