Job 12:8
Or speak to the earth, and it will teach you; let the fish of the sea inform you.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.
In Context
7But ask the animals, and they will instruct you; ask the birds of the air, and they will tell you.
9Which of all these does not know that the hand of the LORD has done this?
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 →