Job 12:7
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“But ask the animals, and they will instruct you; ask the birds of the air, and they will tell you.”
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“But ask the animals, and they will instruct you; ask the birds of the air, and they will tell you.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee:”
King James Version · Public Domain“But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; And the birds of the heavens, and they shall tell thee:”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And yet, ask, I pray thee, <FI>One of<Fi> the beasts, and it doth shew thee, And a fowl of the heavens, And it doth declare to thee.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Job 12:7 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 1:21So God created the great sea creatures and every living thing that moves, with which the waters teemed according to their kinds, and every bird of flight after its kind. And God saw that it was good.
- Genesis 1:25God made the beasts of the earth according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and everything that crawls upon the earth according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.
- Job 8:10Will they not teach you and tell you, and speak from their understanding?
- Job 21:29Have you never asked those who travel the roads? Do you not accept their reports?
- Proverbs 6:6Walk in the manner of the ant, O slacker; observe its ways and become wise.
- Proverbs 30:24Four things on earth are small, yet they are exceedingly wise:
- Isaiah 1:3The ox knows its owner, and the donkey its master’s manger, but Israel does not know; My people do not understand.”
- Jeremiah 8:7Even the stork in the sky knows her appointed seasons. The turtledove, the swift, and the thrush keep their time of migration, but My people do not know the requirements of the LORD.
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