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


In Context

5 In the thought of him who is at ease there is contempt for misfortune. It is ready for them whose foot slips.

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

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

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

9 Who doesn't know that in all these, the hand of Yahweh has done this,

10 in whose hand is the life of every living thing, 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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

12:8or speak to the earth, and it will teach you, or let the fish of the sea inform you.

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 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.