Job 12:7

And yet, now ask [one of] the beasts, || And it shows you, || And a bird of the heavens, || And it declares to you.

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee:

In Context

6The tents of spoilers are at peace, || And those provoking God have confidence, || Into whose hand God has brought.

8Or talk to the earth, and it shows you, || And fishes of the sea recount to you:

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Cross References

Genesis 1:25And God makes the beast of the earth after its kind, and the livestock after their kind, and every creeping thing of the ground after its kind, and God sees that [it is] good.

Job 21:29Have you not asked those passing by the way? And do you not know their signs?

Proverbs 30:24Four [are] little ones of earth, || And they are made wiser than the wise:

Jeremiah 8:7Even a stork in the heavens has known her seasons, || And turtle, and swallow, and crane, || Have watched the time of their coming, || And—My people have not known the judgment of YHWH.

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 →

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