Job 12:7
“But ask the animals now, and they will teach you; the birds of the sky, and they will tell you.
World English Bible Classic
In The King James Version
In Context
6The tents of robbers prosper. Those who provoke God are secure, who carry their god in their hands.
8Or speak to the earth, and it will teach you. The fish of the sea will declare to you.
Cross References
Genesis 1:25God made the animals of the earth after their kind, and the livestock after their kind, and everything that creeps on the ground after its kind. God saw that it was good.
Job 21:29Haven’t you asked wayfaring men? Don’t you know their evidences,
Proverbs 30:24“There are four things which are little on the earth, but they are exceedingly wise:
Jeremiah 8:7Yes, the stork in the sky knows her appointed times. The turtledove, the swallow, and the crane observe the time of their coming; but my people don’t know the LORD’s law.
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 →