Job 12:7

World English Bible (2000)

"But ask the animals, now, and they shall teach you; the birds of the sky, and they shall tell you.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 21:29-30 : 29 Haven't you asked wayfaring men? Don't you know their evidences, 30 that the evil man is reserved to the day of calamity, That they are led forth to the day of wrath?
  • Prov 6:6 : 6 Go to the ant, you sluggard. Consider her ways, and be wise;
  • Isa 1:3 : 3 The ox knows his owner, and the donkey his master's crib; but Israel doesn't know, my people don't consider."
  • Jer 8:7 : 7 Yes, the stork in the sky knows her appointed times; and the turtledove and the swallow and the crane observe the time of their coming; but my people don't know Yahweh's law.

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  • 8Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach you. The fish of the sea shall declare to you.

  • Job 35:11-12
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    11who teaches us more than the animals of the earth, and makes us wiser than the birds of the sky?'

    12There they cry, but none gives answer, because of the pride of evil men.

  • 10wild animals and all livestock; small creatures and flying birds;

  • Ps 8:7-8
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    7All sheep and cattle, yes, and the animals of the field,

    8The birds of the sky, the fish of the sea, and whatever passes through the paths of the seas.

  • Job 5:22-23
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    22At destruction and famine you shall laugh, neither shall you be afraid of the animals of the earth.

    23For you shall be allied with the stones of the field. The animals of the field shall be at peace with you.

  • 7For every kind of animal, bird, creeping thing, and thing in the sea, is tamed, and has been tamed by mankind.

  • 10Shall they not teach you, tell you, and utter words out of their heart?

  • 8Then the animals take cover, and remain in their dens.

  • 33He spoke of trees, from the cedar that is in Lebanon even to the hyssop that springs out of the wall; he spoke also of animals, and of birds, and of creeping things, and of fish.

  • 12The birds of the sky nest by them. They sing among the branches.

  • 4How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of the whole country wither? for the wickedness of those who dwell therein, the animals are consumed, and the birds; because they said, He shall not see our latter end.

  • 17the likeness of any animal that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged bird that flies in the sky,

  • 46"'This is the law of the animal, and of the bird, and of every living creature that moves in the waters, and of every creature that creeps on the earth,

  • 23Know well the state of your flocks, and pay attention to your herds:

  • 18How the animals groan! The herds of livestock are perplexed, because they have no pasture. Yes, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.

  • 6The tents of robbers prosper. Those who provoke God are secure, who carry their God in their hands.

  • 24Consider the ravens: they don't sow, they don't reap, they have no warehouse or barn, and God feeds them. How much more valuable are you than birds!

  • 9All you animals of the field, come to devour, [yes], all you animals in the forest.

  • 21Seeing it is hidden from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the birds of the sky.

  • 10A righteous man respects the life of his animal, but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.

  • 20Surely the mountains produce food for him, where all the animals of the field play.

  • 7That path no bird of prey knows, neither has the falcon's eye seen it.

  • Job 38:39-40
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    39"Can you hunt the prey for the lioness, or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,

    40when they crouch in their dens, and lie in wait in the thicket?

  • 16"If now you have understanding, hear this. Listen to the voice of my words.

  • 11I know all the birds of the mountains. The wild animals of the field are mine.

  • 5Does the wild donkey bray when he has grass? Or does the ox low over his fodder?

  • 9He provides food for the livestock, and for the young ravens when they call.

  • 8Have you heard the secret counsel of God? Do you limit wisdom to yourself?

  • 3Therefore the land will mourn, and everyone who dwells therein will waste away. all living things in her, even the animals of the field and the birds of the sky; yes, the fish of the sea also die.

  • 14and make men like the fish of the sea, like the creeping things, that have no ruler over them?

  • 2The fear of you and the dread of you will be on every animal of the earth, and on every bird of the sky. Everything that the ground teems with, and all the fish of the sea are delivered into your hand.

  • 12in which were all kinds of four-footed animals of the earth, wild animals, reptiles, and birds of the sky.

  • 26See the birds of the sky, that they don't sow, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns. Your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren't you of much more value than they?

  • 33Do you know the laws of the heavens? Can you establish its dominion over the earth?

  • 8Clean animals, animals that are not clean, birds, and everything that creeps on the ground

  • 27These all wait for you, that you may give them their food in due season.

  • 20Yes, the animals of the field pant to you, for the water brooks have dried up, And the fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness.

  • 18I said in my heart, "As for the sons of men, God tests them, so that they may see that they themselves are like animals.

  • 13"The wings of the ostrich wave proudly; but are they the feathers and plumage of love?

  • 33Its noise tells about him, and the livestock also concerning the storm that comes up.

  • 3Why are we counted as animals, which have become unclean in your sight?

  • Job 39:1-2
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    1"Do you know the time when the mountain goats give birth? Do you watch when the doe bears fawns?

    2Can you number the months that they fulfill? Or do you know the time when they give birth?

  • 4You said, 'Listen, now, and I will speak; I will question you, and you will answer me.'

  • 14"Listen to this, Job. Stand still, and consider the wondrous works of God.

  • 20God said, "Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of sky."