Verse 12
Job 4:12
World English Bible
12
“Now a thing was secretly brought to me.
My ear received a whisper of it.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ֭/אֵלַ/י דָּבָ֣ר יְגֻנָּ֑ב וַ/תִּקַּ֥ח אָ֝זְנִ֗/י שֵׁ֣מֶץ מֶֽנְ/הֽוּ
English Translation
And a word was stolen from me, and you took my ear a little from it.
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Chapter 4 Context
1
Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered,
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“If someone ventures to talk with you, will you be grieved?
But who can withhold himself from speaki...
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3
Behold, you have instructed many,
you have strengthened the weak hands.
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4
Your words have supported him who was falling,
You have made firm the feeble knees.
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5
But now it has come to you, and you faint.
It touches you, and you are troubled.
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6
Isn’t your piety your confidence?
Isn’t the integrity of your ways your hope?
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7
“Remember, now, whoever perished, being innocent?
Or where were the upright cut off?
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8
According to what I have seen, those who plow iniquity,
and sow trouble,
reap the same.
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9
By the breath of God (Elohim) they perish.
By the blast of his anger are they consumed.
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10
The roaring of the lion,
and the voice of the fierce lion,
the teeth of the young lions, are broken....
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11
The old lion perishes for lack of prey.
The cubs of the lioness are scattered abroad.
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12
“Now a thing was secretly brought to me.
My ear received a whisper of it.
13
In thoughts from the visions of the night,
when deep sleep falls on men,
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14
fear came on me, and trembling,
which made all my bones shake.
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15
Then a spirit passed before my face.
The hair of my flesh stood up.
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16
It stood still, but I couldn’t discern its appearance.
A form was before my eyes.
Silence, then I he...
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17
‘Shall mortal man be more just than God (Elohim)?
Shall a man be more pure than his Maker?
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18
Behold, he puts no trust in his servants.
He charges his angels with error.
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19
How much more, those who dwell in houses of clay,
whose foundation is in the dust,
who are crushed b...
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20
Between morning and evening they are destroyed.
They perish forever without any regarding it.
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21
Isn’t their tent cord plucked up within them?
They die, and that without wisdom.’
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