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


In Context

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?

10 In his hand is the life of every creature and the breath of all mankind.

Job 12:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:8Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

12:8Speak to the earth, and it shall answer thee: and the fishes of the sea shall tell.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

12:8Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee; And the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:8Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee; and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

12:8Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee; and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:8Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare to thee.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:8Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach you. The fish of the sea shall declare to you.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

12:8Or talk to the earth, and it sheweth thee, And fishes of the sea recount to thee:

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:8Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach you: and the fishes of the sea shall declare to you.