Job 4:12

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Ungodly Complainers Provoke God’s Wrath“Now a word was secretly brought to me, and my ear caught a whisper of it.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 26:14 : 14 Indeed, these are but the outer fringes of his ways! How faint is the whisper we hear of him! But who can understand the thunder of his power?”
  • Ps 62:11 : 11 God has declared one principle; two principles I have heard: God is strong,
  • 1 Cor 13:12 : 12 For now we see in a mirror indirectly, but then we will see face to face. Now I know in part, but then I will know fully, just as I have been fully known.

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    1Job Pleads His Cause to God“Indeed, my eyes have seen all this, my ears have heard and understood it.

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    4I will learn a song that imparts wisdom; I will then sing my insightful song to the accompaniment of a harp.

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    11Job’s Benevolence“As soon as the ear heard these things, it blessed me, and when the eye saw them, it bore witness to me,

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    8Do you listen in on God’s secret council? Do you limit wisdom to yourself?

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    32Then I scrutinized it. I was putting my mind to it– I saw; I took in a lesson:

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    4just as I was in my most productive time, when God’s intimate friendship was experienced in my tent,

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    3Eyes will no longer be blind and ears will be attentive.

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    10I hear many whispering words of intrigue against me. Those who would cause me terror are everywhere! They are saying,“Come on, let’s publicly denounce him!” All my so-called friends are just watching for something that would lead to my downfall. They say,“Perhaps he can be enticed into slipping up, so we can prevail over him and get our revenge on him.

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    14Elihu Disagrees With Job’s View of God“For God speaks, the first time in one way, the second time in another, though a person does not perceive it.

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    17Listen carefully to my words; let your ears be attentive to my explanation.

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    12He is like a lion that wants to tear its prey to bits, like a young lion crouching in hidden places.

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    27so that my heart was secretly enticed, and my hand threw them a kiss from my mouth,

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    20My child, pay attention to my words; listen attentively to my sayings.

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    23If anyone has ears to hear, he had better listen!”

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    17For nothing is hidden that will not be revealed, and nothing concealed that will not be made known and brought to light.

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