Job 4:12
Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a little thereof. {secretly: Heb. by stealth}
King James Version
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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. {darkly: Gr. in a riddle}
God hath spoken once; twice have I heard this; that power {belongeth} unto God. {power: or, strength}
But {there is} a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding.
And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it.
I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee.
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?
O LORD, I have heard thy speech, {and} was afraid: O LORD, revive thy work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make known; in wrath remember mercy. {speech: Heb. report, or, hearing} {revive: or, preserve alive}
But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou {art but} a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she {is} a man's wife. {a man's...: Heb. married to an husband}
Lo, mine eye hath seen all {this}, mine ear hath heard and understood it.