Job 12:7

For ask now the beasts, and they will teach thee; Or the fowls of the air, and they will tell thee;

Noyes 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 in prosperity, And they who provoke God are secure, Who carry their God in their hand.

8Or speak to the earth, and it will instruct thee; And the fishes of the sea will declare unto thee.

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Cross References

Job 21:29Have ye never inquired of travellers, And do ye not know their tokens,

Proverbs 30:24There are four things which are small upon the earth, Yet are they wise, instructed in wisdom.

Jeremiah 8:7Even the stork in the heavens knoweth her times, And the turtle-dove and the swallow and the crane observe the season of their coming, But my people regard not the laws of Jehovah.

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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