JOB 4:12 Parallel Verse View

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Key: khaki:verbs.
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BrLXX Εἰ δέ τι ῥῆμα ἀληθινὸν ἐγεγόνει ἐν λόγοις σου, οὐθὲν ἄν σοι τούτων κακὸν ἀπήντησε· πότερον οὐ δέξεταί μου τὸ οὖς ἐξαίσια παρʼ αὐτοῦ;
(Ei de ti ɽaʸma alaʸthinon egegonei en logois sou, outhen an soi toutōn kakon apaʸntaʸse; poteron ou dexetai mou to ous exaisia parʼ autou; )

BrTr 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?

OEB Now to me a word came stealing,
⇔ And mine ear caught a whisper thereof,

WEBBE ⇔ “Now a thing was secretly brought to me.
⇔ My ear received a whisper of it.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET “Now a word was secretly brought to me,
⇔ and my ear caught a whisper of it.

LSV And a thing is secretly brought to me,
And my ear receives a little of it.

FBV A word quietly crept up on me; a whisper reached my ear.

T4T “I heard a message that someone came
⇔ and whispered to me.

LEB • and my ear received the whisper from it.

BBE A word was given to me secretly, and the low sound of it came to my ears.

Moff No Moff JOB book available

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

ASV ⇔ Now a thing was secretly brought to me,
⇔ And mine ear received a whisper thereof.

DRA Now there was a word spoken to me in private, and my ears by stealth as it were received the veins of its whisper.

YLT And unto me a thing is secretly brought, And receive doth mine ear a little of it.

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

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

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

KJB-1769 Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a little thereof.[fn]

4.12 secretly: Heb. by stealth

KJB-1611 [fn]Nowe a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine eare receiued a litle thereof.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above apart from footnotes)

4:12 Heb. by stealth.

Bshps But wheras a thing was hyd from me, yet myne care hath receaued a litle therof.
(But wheras a thing was hid from me, yet mine care hath/has received a little thereof.)

Gnva But a thing was brought to me secretly, and mine eare hath receiued a litle thereof.
(But a thing was brought to me secretly, and mine ear hath/has received a little thereof. )

Cvdl There is spoken vnto me a thynge in councell, which hath geuen a terrible sounde in myne eare,
(There is spoken unto me a thinge in councell, which hath/has given a terrible sound in mine ear,)

Wycl Certis an hid word was seid to me, and myn eere took as theueli the veynes of priuy noise therof.
(Certis an hid word was said to me, and mine eere took as theueli the veynes of priuy noise thereof.)

Luth Und zu mir ist kommen ein heimlich Wort, und mein Ohr hat ein Wörtlein aus demselben empfangen.
(And to to_me is coming a heimlich Wort, and my Ohr has a Wörtlein out_of demselben empfangen.)

ClVg Porro ad me dictum est verbum absconditum, et quasi furtive suscepit auris mea venas susurri ejus.[fn]
(Further to me dictum it_is the_word absconditum, and as_if furtive suscepit ear mea venas susurri his. )

4.12 Porro ad me dictum est verbum absconditum. Ibid. Abscondita se hæretici audire simulant, unde et latenter prædicant, ut sanctior eorum prædicatio habeatur, non aliis æqua. Furtive, etc. Ibid. Quia non cum aliis per ostium intrant, sed rimas quærunt pravæ intelligentiæ, quia vero fur lumen timet, addit:

4.12 Further to me dictum it_is the_word absconditum. Ibid. Abscondita se hæretici audire simulant, whence and latenter prædicant, as sanctior their prælet_him_sayio habeatur, not/no aliis æqua. Furtive, etc. Ibid. Because not/no when/with aliis through ostium intrant, but rimas quærunt pravæ intelligentiæ, because vero a_thief lumen timet, addit:

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

וְ֭⁠אֵלַ⁠י דָּבָ֣ר יְגֻנָּ֑ב

and,to,me word came_stealing

If your language does not use this passive form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “Now someone brought a word to me secretly”

Note 2 topic: writing-background

וְ֭⁠אֵלַ⁠י

and,to,me

Eliphaz is using the word translated Now to introduce background information that will help Job understand what he says next. In your translation, introduce this information in a way that would be natural in your own language and culture.

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

דָּבָ֣ר

word

Eliphaz is using the term word to mean a message that was communicated to him by using words. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “a message”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

וַ⁠תִּקַּ֥ח אָ֝זְנִ֗⁠י

and=she/it_took ear,my

Eliphaz is using one part of himself, his ear, to mean all of him in the act of hearing. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “and I heard”

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