Job 12:7

But now ask the beasts, and they will teach you; 1 ask the birds of the heavens, and they will tell you. 1

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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 prosper, 1 and those who provoke God feel secure; 1 their own hands are their gods. 1

8Or speak to the earth, and it will teach you; 1 the fish of the sea will declare to you. 1

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Cross References

Genesis 1:25God made the beasts of the earth after their kind, the livestock after their kinds, and everything that creeps upon the ground after its kind. He saw that it was good.

Job 21:29Have you never asked traveling people? 1 Do you not know the evidence they can tell, 1

Proverbs 30:24Four things on earth are small 1 and yet they are very wise: 1

Jeremiah 8:7Even the stork in heaven knows the right times; and the doves, swifts, and cranes. 1 They go on their migrations at the right time, but my people do not know Yahweh's decrees. 1

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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