Job 12:7
But ask now the beasts, if they may speak to thee; 1 And the birds of the air, if they may declare to thee. 1
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In Context
6Even as many as provoke the Lord, 1 As if there were indeed to be no inquisition made of them. 1
8Tell the earth, if it may speak to thee: 1 And the fish of the sea shall explain to thee. 1
Cross References
Genesis 1:25And God made the wild beasts of the earth according to their kind, and cattle according to their kind, and all the reptiles of the earth according to their kind, and God saw that they were good.
Job 21:29Ask those that go by the way, 1 And do not disown their tokens. 1
Proverbs 30:24And there are four very little things upon the earth, but these are wiser than the wise:
Jeremiah 8:7Yea, the stork in the heaven knows her time, also the turtledove and wild swallow; the sparrows observe the times of their coming in; but this my people knows not the judgments 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 →