Job 12:8

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Or speak to the earth and it will teach you, or let the fish of the sea declare to you.

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  • 7Knowledge of God’s Wisdom“But now, ask the animals and they will teach you, or the birds of the sky and they will tell you.

  • Ps 8:7-8
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    7including all the sheep and cattle, as well as the wild animals,

    8the birds in the sky, the fish in the sea and everything that moves through the currents of the seas.

  • 10Will they not instruct you and speak to you, and bring forth words from their understanding?

  • 11who teaches us more than the wild animals of the earth, and makes us wiser than the birds of the sky?’

  • 9Which of all these does not know that the hand of the LORD has done this,

  • 18anything that crawls on the ground, or any fish in the deep waters of the earth.

  • Hab 1:14-15
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    14You made people like fish in the sea, like animals in the sea that have no ruler.

    15The Babylonian tyrant pulls them all up with a fishhook; he hauls them in with his throw net. When he catches them in his dragnet, he is very happy.

  • 10you animals and all you cattle, you creeping things and birds,

  • 1Invocation of Witnesses Listen, O heavens, and I will speak; hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.

  • Ps 104:24-27
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    24How many living things you have made, O LORD! You have exhibited great skill in making all of them; the earth is full of the living things you have made.

    25Over here is the deep, wide sea, which teems with innumerable swimming creatures, living things both small and large.

    26The ships travel there, and over here swims the whale you made to play in it.

    27All of your creatures wait for you to provide them with food on a regular basis.

  • 33He produced manuals on botany, describing every kind of plant, from the cedars of Lebanon to the hyssop that grows on walls. He also produced manuals on biology, describing animals, birds, insects, and fish.

  • 3Therefore the land will mourn, and all its inhabitants will perish. The wild animals, the birds of the sky, and even the fish in the sea will perish.

  • 8Do you listen in on God’s secret council? Do you limit wisdom to yourself?

  • 7For every kind of animal, bird, reptile, and sea creature is subdued and has been subdued by humankind.

  • Ps 98:7-8
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    7Let the sea and everything in it shout, along with the world and those who live in it!

    8Let the rivers clap their hands! Let the mountains sing in unison

  • 16Have you gone to the springs that fill the sea, or walked about in the recesses of the deep?

  • 32Let the sea and everything in it shout! Let the fields and everything in them celebrate!

  • 2Every living creature of the earth and every bird of the sky will be terrified of you. Everything that creeps on the ground and all the fish of the sea are under your authority.

  • 18Have you considered the vast expanses of the earth? Tell me, if you know it all!

  • 7Praise the LORD from the earth, you sea creatures and all you ocean depths,

  • 29when he gave the sea his decree that the waters should not pass over his command, when he marked out the foundations of the earth,

  • 16God Is Impartial and Omniscient“If you have understanding, listen to this, hear what I have to say.

  • 17“I will explain to you; listen to me, and what I have seen, I will declare,

  • Job 38:33-34
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    33Do you know the laws of the heavens, or can you set up their rule over the earth?

    34Can you raise your voice to the clouds so that a flood of water covers you?

  • 4You said,‘Pay attention, and I will speak; I will question you, and you will answer me.’

  • 33If not, you listen to me; be silent, and I will teach you wisdom.”

  • 30See how he scattered his lightning about him; he has covered the depths of the sea.

  • 10Then the LORD commanded the fish and it disgorged Jonah on dry land.

  • 12for the Holy Spirit will teach you at that moment what you must say.”

  • 4God’s questions to Job“Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell me, if you possess understanding!

  • 23For you will have a pact with the stones of the field, and the wild animals will be at peace with you.

  • 14The deep says,‘It is not with me.’ And the sea says,‘It is not with me.’

  • 34Let the heavens and the earth praise him, along with the seas and everything that swims in them!

  • 12Am I the sea, or the creature of the deep, that you must put me under guard?

  • 1The Description of Leviathan(40:25)“Can you pull in Leviathan with a hook, and tie down its tongue with a rope?

  • 24No Sin Discovered“Teach me and I, for my part, will be silent; explain to me how I have been mistaken.

  • 24They witnessed the acts of the LORD, his amazing feats on the deep water.

  • 20God said,“Let the water swarm with swarms of living creatures and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the sky.”

  • 8he alone spreads out the heavens, and treads on the waves of the sea;

  • 20Should he be informed that I want to speak? If a man speaks, surely he will be swallowed up!

  • 8“For inquire now of the former generation, and pay attention to the findings of their ancestors;

  • 15If he holds back the waters, then they dry up; if he releases them, they destroy the land.

  • 22God blessed them and said,“Be fruitful and multiply and fill the water in the seas, and let the birds multiply on the earth.”