Job 12:8

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“Or speak to the earth, and it will teach you; let the fish of the sea inform you.”

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BSBPD

“Or speak to the earth, and it will teach you; let the fish of the sea inform you.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee; And the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Or talk to the earth, and it sheweth thee, And fishes of the sea recount to thee:”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Job 12:8 — 1 related verse from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 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.

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