Job 4:12

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

Cross-references

Job 42:5 Contrast

In Job 42:5, Job contrasts hearing with seeing — Eliphaz only heard a secret word, but Job's direct encounter surpasses that.

Job 13:1 Contrast

Job 13:1 has Job claiming to have seen and heard directly—contrast with Eliphaz's secretly received word. Both appeal to sensory experience from opposing speakers.

Job 32:8 Contrast

In Job 32:8, Elihu attributes understanding to the spirit — contrasting Eliphaz's claim of a secret whisper as the source of wisdom.

Genesis 20:3 records God speaking to Abimelek in a night dream—parallel to Eliphaz's night vision (context of 4:13). Both are divine nocturnal communications.

Genesis 28:12 describes Jacob's dream of a ladder—another night vision. Job 4:12 leads into a similar mode of divine revelation in a dream.