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The Book of Job, Chapter 4, Verse 12

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The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout lion's whelps are scattered abroad.
King James Version
Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a little thereof.
American Standard Version
Now a thing was secretly brought to me, And mine ear received a whisper thereof.
New English Translation
Ungodly Complainers Provoke God’s Wrath“Now a word was secretly brought to me, and my ear caught a whisper of it.
World English Bible
"Now a thing was secretly brought to me. My ear received a whisper of it.
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In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men,
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Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake.
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Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up:
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It stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof: an image [was] before mine eyes, [there was] silence, and I heard a voice, [saying],
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Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker?
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Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged with folly:
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How much less [in] them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation [is] in the dust, [which] are crushed before the moth?
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They are destroyed from morning to evening: they perish for ever without any regarding [it].
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Doth not their excellency [which is] in them go away? they die, even without wisdom.
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Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of the saints wilt thou turn?