Job 12:7

“But ask the wild animals what they know about God, and if they could speak they would teach you. If you could ask the birds, they would tell you.

Translation for Translators

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

6Bandits live peacefully, and no one threatens those who cause God to become angry; their own strength is the god that they worship.

8If you could ask the creatures that crawl on the ground, or the fish in the sea, they would tell you about God.

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Cross References

Genesis 1:25God made all kinds of wild animals and ◄livestock/domestic animals► and all kinds of creatures that scurry across the ground. God was pleased with all these creatures.

Job 21:29But have you never inquired of people who travel much? Do you not believe their reports about what they have seen,

Proverbs 30:24There are four animals on the earth that are small, but they are very wise:

Jeremiah 8:7All the birds that fly south for the ◄winter/cold season► know the time that they need to fly south, and they all return at the right time the following year. But my people are not like those birds! They do not know what I, Yahweh, require them to do.

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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