Job 12:7 · KJV
“But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee:”
— Job 12:7
The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth {abundantly}.
Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.
Job 12 — Context
He that is ready to slip with {his} feet {is as} a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.
6The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth {abundantly}.
7But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee:
8Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.
9Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the LORD hath wrought this?
Cross References
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 heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD.
Proverbs 6:6
Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
Job 21:29-30
Have ye not asked them that go by the way? and do ye not know their tokens,