Job 12:8
Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.
Job 12:8 in other translations
| BSB | Or speak to the earth, and it will teach you; let the fish of the sea inform you. |
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| WEB | Or speak to the earth, and it will teach you. The fish of the sea will declare to you. |
| ASV | Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee; And the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee. |
| YLT | Or talk to the earth, and it sheweth thee, And fishes of the sea recount to thee: |
| DARBY | Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee; and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee. |
| BBE | Or to the things which go flat on the earth, and they will give you wisdom; and the fishes of the sea will give you news of it. |
| Webster | Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare to thee. |
What does Job 12:8 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Job 12:7-8
7-8. Beasts, birds, fishes, and plants, reasons Job, teach that the violent live the most securely (Job 12:6). The vulture lives more securely than the dove, the lion than the ox, the shark than the dolphin, the rose than the thorn which tears it.
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 12:6-11
Job appeals to facts. The most audacious robbers, oppressors, and impious wretches, often prosper. Yet this is not by fortune or chance; the Lord orders these things. Worldly prosperity is of small value in his sight: he has better things for his children. Job resolves all into the absolute proprietorship which God has in all the creatures. He demands from his friends liberty to judge of what they had said; he…
Job 12:8 in the original Hebrew
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Context
- Job 12:7
But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee:
- Job 12:8
Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.
- Job 12:9
Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the Lord hath wrought this?
Job 12:8 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | O habla á la tierra, que ella te enseñará; los peces de la mar te lo declararán también. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Ou parle à la terre, et elle t’enseignera, et les poissons de la mer te le raconteront. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | oder rede zu der Erde, und sie wirds dich lehren; und die Fische des Meeres werden es dir erzählen. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Loquere terræ, et respondebit tibi, et narrabunt pisces maris. |