12 “A word was secretly brought to me,

my ears caught a whisper of it.

12 Now a thing was secretly brought to me,

And mine ear received a little thereof.

12 “This truth was given to me in secret,

as though whispered in my ear.

12 “Now a word was secretly brought to me,

And my ear received a whisper of it.

12 “A word was brought to me in secret,

and my ears heard a whisper of it.

12 Now a thing was secretly brought to me,

And mine ear received a whisper thereof.

12 Now to me a word was secretly brought, and mine ear received a whisper thereof.

12 “I was told something secretly 

and heard something whispered in my ear. 

12 A word was brought to me in secret;

my ears caught a whisper of it.

12 “Now a word came stealing to me,

my ear received the whisper of it.

12 “And a word came stealing to me,

and my ear received the whisper from it.

12 “A message came to me in secret.

It was as quiet as a whisper.

12 “Now a word was brought to me stealthily,

And my ear received a whisper of it.