Internet Verse Search Commentaries Word Analysis ITL - draft

Job 4:12

NETBible	“Now a word was secretly¹ brought² to me, and my ear caught³ a whisper⁴ of it.
NIV © biblegateway Job 4:12	"A word was secretly brought to me, my ears caught a whisper of it.
NASB © biblegateway Job 4:12	"Now a word was brought to me stealthily, And my ear received a whisper of it.
NLT © biblegateway Job 4:12	"This truth was given me in secret, as though whispered in my ear.
MSG © biblegateway Job 4:12	"A word came to me in secret--a mere whisper of a word, but I heard it clearly.
BBE © SABDAweb Job 4:12	A word was given to me secretly, and the low sound of it came to my ears.
NRSV © bibleoremus Job 4:12	"Now a word came stealing to me, my ear received the whisper of it.
NKJV © biblegateway Job 4:12	"Now a word was secretly brought to me, And my ear received a whisper of it.
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KJV	Now a thing <01697> was secretly brought <01589> (8792) to me, and mine ear <0241> received <03947> (8799) a little <08102> thereof. {secretly: Heb. by stealth}
NASB © biblegateway Job 4:12	"Now a word <01697> was brought <01589> to me stealthily <01589> , And my ear <0241> received <03947> a whisper <08102> of it.
LXXM	ei <1487> CONJ de <1161> PRT ti <5100> I-NSN rhma <4487> N-NSN alhyinon <228> A-NSN egegonei <1096> V-YAI-3S en <1722> PREP logoiv <3056> N-DPM sou <4771> P-GS ouyen <3762> A-NSN an <302> PRT soi <4771> P-DS toutwn <3778> D-GPN kakon <2556> A-NSN aphnthsen <528> V-AAI-3S poteron <4220> ADV ou <3364> ADV dexetai <1209> V-FMI-3S mou <1473> P-GS to <3588> T-NSN ouv <3775> N-NSN exaisia {A-APN} par <3844> PREP autou <846> D-GSM
NET [draft] ITL	“Now a word <01697> was secretly brought <01589> to <0413> me, and my ear <0241> caught <03947> a whisper <08102> of <04480> it.
HEBREW	whnm <04480> Ums <08102> ynza <0241> xqtw <03947> bngy <01589> rbd <01697> ylaw (4:12) <0413>

NETBible

“Now a word was secretly¹ brought² to me, and my ear caught³ a whisper⁴ of it.

NET Notes

¹tn The LXX of this verse offers special problems. It reads, “But if there had been any truth in your words, none of these evils would have fallen upon you; shall not my ear receive excellent [information] from him?” The major error involves a dittography from the word for “secret,” yielding “truth.”

²tn The verb גָּנַב (ganav) means “to steal.” The Pual form in this verse is probably to be taken as a preterite since it requires a past tense translation: “it was stolen for me” meaning it was brought to me stealthily (see 2 Sam 19:3).

³tn Heb “received.”

⁴tn The word שֵׁמֶץ (shemets, “whisper”) is found only here and in Job 26:14. A cognate form שִׁמְצָה (shimtsah) is found in Exod 32:25 with the sense of “a whisper.” In postbiblical Hebrew the word comes to mean “a little.” The point is that Eliphaz caught just a bit, just a whisper of it, and will recount it to Job.