Job 12:7

Job chapter 12 · verse 7 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

Context

v.6The tents of robbers prosper, And they that provoke God are secure; Into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.

v.7This passage

v.8Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee; And the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Proverbs 6:6

    Go to the ant, thou sluggard; Consider her ways, and be wise:

  • Job 21:29

    Have ye not asked wayfaring men? And do ye not know their evidences,

  • Isaiah 1:3

    The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master’s crib; but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.

  • Jeremiah 8:7

    Yea, the stork in the heavens knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle-dove and the swallow and the crane observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the law of Jehovah.