Job 12:7
But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach you; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell you:
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8Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach you: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto you.
Cross References
Genesis 1:25And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creeps upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
Job 21:29Have all of you not asked them that go by the way? and do all of you not know their tokens,
Proverbs 30:24There be four things which are little upon the earth, but they are exceeding wise:
Jeremiah 8:7Yea, the stork in the heaven knows her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment 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 →