Eliphaz now goes further, claiming that he has received a special revelation (probably during those seven days of silent reflection). Eliphaz seems to be quite proud of this revelation—in the Hebrew, there is emphasis on the words “to me." Of course, a claim to revelation will make it hard for anyone to counter Eliphaz’s statement.
12 “Now a word was brought to me stealthily; my ear received the whisper of it.