Job 4:12 KJV

Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a little thereof.
Job 4:12, King James Version

In context

11 The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout lion’s whelps are scattered abroad.

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

13 In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men,