Job 12:7
But if you ask the animals they will teach you, the birds in the sky will tell you;
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8ask the earth and it will teach you, and the fishes in the sea will tell you.
Cross References
Genesis 1:25God made the wild animals, the livestock, and the creatures that run along the ground, all according to their own kind. God saw that it was good.
Job 21:29Haven't you asked people who travel? Don't you pay attention to what they tell you?
Proverbs 30:24There are four things on earth that are small, but very wise:
Jeremiah 8:7Even storks high in the sky know when it's time to migrate. Turtledoves, swifts, and songbirds know when to fly away at the right time of the year. But my people don't know the laws 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 →