Job 12:7
In truth, ask the mules, and they will teach you, and the birds of the sky, and they will reveal to you.
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In Context
8Speak with the earth, and it will respond to you, and the fish of the sea will explain.
Cross References
Genesis 1:25And God made the wild beasts of the earth according to their species, and the cattle, and every animal on the land, according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.
Job 21:29Ask any passerby whom you wish, and you will realize that he understands these same things:
Proverbs 30:24Four things are least upon the earth, and they are wiser than the wise:
Jeremiah 8:7The hawk in the heavens has known her time. The turtledove, and the swallow, and the stork have kept the time of their arrival. But my people have not known the judgment of the Lord.
Matthew Henry on Job 12:7-12
6 The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly. 7 But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee: 8 Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee. 9 Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the Lord hath wrought this? 10 In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind. 11 Doth not the ear try words? and… Read the whole commentary →