Job 4:12
Modern Translations
New International Version
"A word was secretly brought to me, my ears caught a whisper of it.

New Living Translation
“This truth was given to me in secret, as though whispered in my ear.

English Standard Version
“Now a word was brought to me stealthily; my ear received the whisper of it.

Berean Study Bible
Now a word came to me secretly; my ears caught a whisper of it.

New American Standard Bible
“Now a word was brought to me secretly, And my ear received a whisper of it.

NASB 1995
"Now a word was brought to me stealthily, And my ear received a whisper of it.

NASB 1977
“Now a word was brought to me stealthily, And my ear received a whisper of it.

Amplified Bible
“Now a word was secretly brought to me, And my ear received a whisper of it.

Christian Standard Bible
A word was brought to me in secret; my ears caught a whisper of it.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
A word was brought to me in secret; my ears caught a whisper of it.

Contemporary English Version
A secret was told to me in a faint whisper--

Good News Translation
Once a message came quietly, so quietly I could hardly hear it.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
"I was told something secretly and heard something whispered in my ear.

International Standard Version
"A message was confided to me; my ear caught a whisper of it.

NET Bible
"Now a word was secretly brought to me, and my ear caught a whisper of it.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a little thereof.

New King James Version
“Now a word was secretly brought to me, And my ear received a whisper of it.

King James 2000 Bible
Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and my ear received a whisper of it.

New Heart English Bible
"Now a thing was secretly brought to me. My ear received a whisper of it.

World English Bible
"Now a thing was secretly brought to me. My ear received a whisper of it.

American King James Version
Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and my ear received a little thereof.

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

A Faithful Version
And a word was secretly brought to me, and my ear received a little of it.

Darby Bible Translation
Now to me a word was secretly brought, and mine ear received a whisper thereof.

English Revised Version
Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a whisper thereof.

Webster's Bible Translation
Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and my ear received a small sound of it.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
But a thing was brought to me secretly, and mine eare hath receiued a litle thereof.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
But wheras a thing was hyd from me, yet myne care hath receaued a litle therof.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
There is spoken vnto me a thynge in councell, which hath geuen a terrible sounde in myne eare,
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And a thing is secretly brought to me, "" And my ear receives a little of it.

Young's Literal Translation
And unto me a thing is secretly brought, And receive doth mine ear a little of it.

Smith's Literal Translation
And a word shall be brought to me by stealth, and mine ear will take a transient sound from it.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Now there was a word spoken to me in private, and my ears by stealth as it were received the veins of its whisper.

Catholic Public Domain Version
Furthermore, a word was spoken to me in secret, and, as if by theft, my ears received the pulse of its whisper.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And to me an answer was given, and my ear received as a little from him

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

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Now a word was secretly brought to me, And mine ear received a whisper thereof.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
But if there had been any truth in thy words, none of these evils would have befallen thee. Shall not mine ear receive excellent revelations from him?
















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