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Job 12:7–9

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7But ask the animals, and they will instruct you;

ask the birds of the sky,

and they will tell you.o

8Or speak to the earth, and it will instruct you;

let the fish of the sea inform you.

9Which of all these does not know

that the hand of the Lord has done this?p

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Cross references

  1. oJb 35:11; Mt 6:26
  2. pRu 1:13; Jb 19:21; Is 41:20

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

“But ask the beasts, and they will teach you;

the birds of the heavens, and they will tell you;

or the bushes of the earth, and they will teach you;

and the fish of the sea will declare to you.

Who among all these does not know

that the hand of the Lord has done this?

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“But ask the animals, and they will teach you,

or the birds in the sky, and they will tell you;

or speak to the earth, and it will teach you,

or let the fish in the sea inform you.

Which of all these does not know

that the hand of the Lord has done this?

NLTNew Living Translation

“Just ask the animals, and they will teach you.

Ask the birds of the sky, and they will tell you.

Speak to the earth, and it will instruct you.

Let the fish in the sea speak to you.

For they all know

that my disaster has come from the hand of the Lord.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

“But ask the animals, and they will teach you,

and the birds of the heaven, and they will tell you;

or ask the earth, and it will teach you,

and the fishes of the sea will declare to you.

Who among all of these does not know

that Yahweh’s hand has done this?

KJV 1900King James Version

But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee;

And the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee:

Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee:

And the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.

Who knoweth not in all these

That the hand of the Lord hath wrought this?