Job 12:7 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

"Instead, ask the animals, and they will teach you. Ask the birds, and they will tell you.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee:

ASV:

But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; And the birds of the heavens, and they shall tell thee:

BBE:

But put now a question to the beasts, and get teaching from them; or to the birds of the heaven, and they will make it clear to you;

DBY:

But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowl of the heavens, and they shall tell thee;

ERV:

But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee:

JPS:

But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee;

WBS:

But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee:

WEB:

"But ask the animals, now, and they shall teach you; the birds of the sky, and they shall tell you.

YLT:

And yet, ask, I pray thee, One of the beasts, and it doth shew thee, And a fowl of the heavens, And it doth declare to thee.

Job 12:7 Cross References

XREF:

Job 12:6 "The tents of the destroyers prosper, And those who provoke God are secure, Whom God brings into their power.

Job 12:8 "Or speak to the earth, and let it teach you; And let the fish of the sea declare to you. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

12:7 But ask now the beasts, {e} and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee:
(e) He declares to them that disputed against him, that their wisdom is common to all, and such as the very brute beasts teach daily.

WES:

12:7 But - If thou observest the beasts, and their properties and actions, and events, from them thou mayst learn this lesson: that which Zophar had uttered with so much pomp and gravity, chap.11:7,8,9, concerning God's infinite wisdom, saith Job, thou needest not go into heaven or hell to know. but thou mayst learn it even from the beasts.

MHC:

12:6-11 Job appeals to facts. The most audacious robbers, oppressors, and impious wretches, often prosper. Yet this is not by fortune or chance; the Lord orders these things. Worldly prosperity is of small value in his sight: he has better things for his children. Job resolves all into the absolute proprietorship which God has in all the creatures. He demands from his friends liberty to judge of what they had said; he appeals to any fair judgment.

CONC:

Air Animals Beasts Birds Clear Declare Fowl Fowls Heaven Heavens Question Shew Sky Teach Teaching Yet

Air Animals Beasts Birds Clear Declare Fowl Fowls Heaven Heavens Question Shew Sky Teach Teaching

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