Job 12:7

Aske now the beasts, and they shall teach thee, and the foules of the heauen, and they shall tell thee:

Geneva Bible 1599

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 tabernacles of robbers doe prosper, and they are in safetie, that prouoke God, whome God hath enriched with his hand.

8Or speake to the earth, and it shall shewe thee: or the fishes of the sea, and they shall declare vnto thee.

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Cross References

Genesis 1:25And God made the beast of the earth according to his kinde, and the cattell according to his kinde, and euery creeping thing of the earth according to his kind: and God saw that it was good.

Job 21:29May ye not aske the that go by the way? and ye can not deny their signes.

Proverbs 30:24These be foure small things in the earth, yet they are wise and full of wisedome:

Jeremiah 8:7Euen the storke in the aire knoweth her appointed times, and the turtle and the crane and the swallowe obserue the time of their comming, but my people knoweth not the iudgement of the Lord.

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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