Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version or speak to the earth, and it will teach you, or let the fish in the sea inform you. New Living Translation Speak to the earth, and it will instruct you. Let the fish in the sea speak to you. English Standard Version or the bushes of the earth, and they will teach you; and the fish of the sea will declare to you. Berean Standard Bible Or speak to the earth, and it will teach you; let the fish of the sea inform you. King James Bible Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee. New King James Version Or speak to the earth, and it will teach you; And the fish of the sea will explain to you. New American Standard Bible “Or speak to the earth, and have it teach you; And have the fish of the sea tell you. NASB 1995 “Or speak to the earth, and let it teach you; And let the fish of the sea declare to you. NASB 1977 “Or speak to the earth, and let it teach you; And let the fish of the sea declare to you. Legacy Standard Bible Or muse to the earth, and let it instruct you; And let the fish of the sea recount it to you. Amplified Bible Or speak to the earth [with its many forms of life], and it will teach you; And let the fish of the sea declare [this truth] to you. Christian Standard Bible Or speak to the earth, and it will instruct you; let the fish of the sea inform you. Holman Christian Standard Bible Or speak to the earth, and it will instruct you; let the fish of the sea inform you. American Standard Version Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee; And the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee. Aramaic Bible in Plain English Or tell the earth and it will teach you and the fish of the sea will tell you Brenton Septuagint Translation Tell the earth, if it may speak to thee: and the fishes of the sea shall explain to thee. Contemporary English Version the flowers and the fish. Douay-Rheims Bible Speak to the earth, and it shall answer thee: and the fishes of the sea shall tell. English Revised Version Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee; and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee. GOD'S WORD® Translation Or speak with the earth, and it will teach you. Even the fish will relate [the story] to you. Good News Translation ask the creatures of earth and sea for their wisdom. International Standard Version Or ask the green plants of the earth and they'll teach you; let the fish in the sea tell you. JPS Tanakh 1917 Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee; And the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee; Literal Standard Version Or talk to the earth, and it shows you, | And fishes of the sea recount to you: Majority Standard Bible Or speak to the earth, and it will teach you; let the fish of the sea inform you. New American Bible Or speak to the earth to instruct you, and the fish of the sea to inform you. NET Bible Or speak to the earth and it will teach you, or let the fish of the sea declare to you. New Revised Standard Version ask the plants of the earth, and they will teach you; and the fish of the sea will declare to you. New Heart English Bible Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach you. The fish of the sea shall declare to you. Webster's Bible Translation Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare to thee. World English Bible Or speak to the earth, and it will teach you. The fish of the sea will declare to you. Young's Literal Translation Or talk to the earth, and it sheweth thee, And fishes of the sea recount to thee: Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Job Responds to Zophar…7But ask the animals, and they will instruct you; ask the birds of the air, and they will tell you. 8Or speak to the earth, and it will teach you; let the fish of the sea inform you. 9Which of all these does not know that the hand of the LORD has done this?… Cross References Job 12:7 But ask the animals, and they will instruct you; ask the birds of the air, and they will tell you. Job 12:9 Which of all these does not know that the hand of the LORD has done this? Treasury of Scripture Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach you: and the fishes of the sea shall declare to you. Jump to Previous Declare Earth Fish Fishes Flat Inform News Plants Recount Sea Sheweth Speak Talk Teach WisdomJump to Next Declare Earth Fish Fishes Flat Inform News Plants Recount Sea Sheweth Speak Talk Teach WisdomJob 12 1. Job maintains himself against his friends that reprove him7. He acknowledges the doctrine of God's omnipotence Verse 8. - Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee. If the material earth be intended, the appeal must be to its orderly course, its summers and winters, its seedtime and harvest, its former and latter rains, its constant productivity, which, no less than animal instincts, speak of a single ruling power directing and ordering all things. If the creeping things of the earth, the reptile creation, be meant, then the argument is merely an expansion of that in the preceding verse. The instincts of reptiles are to be ascribed, no less than those of beasts and birds, to the constant superintending action and providence of the Almighty. And the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee. The testimony will be unanimous - beasts, birds, reptiles, and fishes will unite in it. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Orא֤וֹ (’ōw) Conjunction Strong's 176: Desire, if speak שִׂ֣יחַ (śî·aḥ) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular Strong's 7878: To muse, complain, talk (of) to the earth, לָאָ֣רֶץ (lā·’ā·reṣ) Preposition-l, Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 776: Earth, land and it will teach you; וְתֹרֶ֑ךָּ (wə·ṯō·re·kā) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect - third person feminine singular | second person masculine singular Strong's 3384: To flow as water, to lay, throw, to point out, to teach let the fish דְּגֵ֣י (də·ḡê) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 1709: A fish of the sea הַיָּֽם׃ (hay·yām) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3220: A sea, the Mediterranean Sea, large river, an artifical basin inform וִֽיסַפְּר֥וּ (wî·sap·pə·rū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 5608: To count, recount, relate you. לְ֝ךָ֗ (lə·ḵā) Preposition | second person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew Links Job 12:8 NIVJob 12:8 NLT Job 12:8 ESV Job 12:8 NASB Job 12:8 KJV Job 12:8 BibleApps.com Job 12:8 Biblia Paralela Job 12:8 Chinese Bible Job 12:8 French Bible Job 12:8 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Job 12:8 Or speak to the earth and it (Jb) |
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