Job 4:12
Old Testament • 8 words with Strong's data
"Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a little thereof."
Word-by-Word Analysis
דָּבָר
dâbâr
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
סֵתֶר
çêther
a cover (in a good or a bad, a literal or a figurative sense)
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
אֹזֶן
ʼôzen
broadness. i.e. (concrete) the ear (from its form in man)
לָקַח
lâqach
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
מְעַט
mᵉʻaṭ
a little or few (often adverbial or compar.)
חָלַל
châlal
properly, to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (...
Key Terms in This Verse
סֵתֶר çêther
a cover (in a good or a bad, a literal or a figurative sense)
Study H5643 →דָּבָר dâbâr
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
Study H1697 →חָלַל châlal
properly, to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (as if by an 'opening wedge'); to play (the flute)
Study H2490 →Cross References
Lo, these are parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand?
For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.
God hath spoken once; twice have I heard this; that power belongeth unto God.
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