Job 12:7

But ask the animals, and they will instruct you; ask the birds of the air, and they will tell you.

Majority Standard Bible

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 robbers are safe, and those who provoke God are secure—those who carry their god in their hands.

8Or speak to the earth, and it will teach you; let the fish of the sea inform you.

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Cross References

Genesis 1:25God made the beasts of the earth according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and everything that crawls upon the earth according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.

Job 21:29Have you never asked those who travel the roads? Do you not accept their reports?

Proverbs 30:24Four things on earth are small, yet they are exceedingly wise:

Jeremiah 8:7Even the stork in the sky knows her appointed seasons. The turtledove, the swift, and the thrush keep their time of migration, but My people do not know the requirements 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 →

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