Job 12:7

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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;

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 21:29-30 : 29 Have you not put the question to the travellers, and do you not take note of their experience? 30 How the evil man goes free in the day of trouble, and has salvation in the day of wrath?
  • Prov 6:6 : 6 Go to the ant, you hater of work; give thought to her ways and be wise:
  • Isa 1:3 : 3 Even the ox has knowledge of its owner, and the ass of the place where its master puts its food: but Israel has no knowledge, my people give no thought to me.
  • Jer 8:7 : 7 Truly, the stork in the heavens is conscious of her fixed times; the dove and the swallow and the crane keep to the times of their coming; but my people have no knowledge of the law of the Lord.

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