7"But ask the animals, and they will teach you, or the birds of the air, and they will tell you;


In Context

4 "I have become a laughingstock to my friends, though I called upon God and he answered- a mere laughingstock, though righteous and blameless!

5 Men at ease have contempt for misfortune as the fate of those whose feet are slipping.

6 The tents of marauders are undisturbed, and those who provoke God are secure- those who carry their god in their hands.

7 "But ask the animals, and they will teach you, or the birds of the air, and they will tell you;

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

9 Which of all these does not know that the hand of the Lord has done this?

Job 12:7 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:7But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee:

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

12:7But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee: and the birds of the air, and they shall tell thee.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

12:7But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; And the birds of the heavens, and they shall tell thee:

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:7But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowl of the heavens, and they shall tell thee;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

12:7But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:7But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:7|But ask the animals, now, and they shall teach you; the birds of the sky, and they shall tell you.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

12:7And yet, ask, I pray thee, One of the beasts, and it doth shew thee, And a fowl of the heavens, And it doth declare to thee.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:7But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach you; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell you: