Job 12:7
But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee: and the birds of the air, and they shall tell thee.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
8Speak to the earth, and it shall answer thee: and the fishes of the sea shall tell.
Cross References
Genesis 1:25And God made the beasts of the earth according to their kinds, and cattle, and every thing that creepeth on the earth after its kind. And God saw that it was good.
Job 21:29Ask any one of them that go by the way, and you shall perceive that he knoweth these same things.
Proverbs 30:24There are four very little things of the earth, and they are wiser than the wise:
Jeremiah 8:7The kite in the air hath known her time: the turtle, and the swallow, and the stork have observed the time of their coming: 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 →