Job 12:7
But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee;
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
8Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee; and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee;
Cross References
Genesis 1:25And God made the beast of the earth after its kind, and the cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the ground after its kind; and God saw that it was good.
Job 21:29Have ye not asked them that go by the way; and will ye misdeem their tokens,
Proverbs 30:24There are four things which are little upon the earth, but they are exceeding wise:
Jeremiah 8:7Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the swallow and the crane observe the time of their coming; but My people know not the ordinance 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 →