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Job 12:7 Cross-References
Explore 4 cross-references for Job 12:7 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Job chapter 12 verse 7 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee:”
Job 12:7 (KJV)
Commentary on Job 12:7
Job appeals to observable nature: 'But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee.' The imperatives 'ask' (שְׁאַל, she'al) and 'tell' (יַגֶּד, yaged—declare, inform) invite empirical observation. Job is building toward a point: nature reveals that God's sovereignty doesn't operate according to simple moral causation. The innocent suffer; the wicked prosper. This anticipates Paul's argument in Romans 1:19-20 that creation reveals God, but Job uses it to challenge, not confirm, retribution theology. Creation reveals God's power and majesty, ...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Job 12:7
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“and the donkey his master's crib; but Israel doesn't know”
“you sluggard. Consider her ways”
“the stork in the sky knows her appointed times; and the turtledove and the swallow and the crane observe the time of their coming; but my people don't know Yahweh's law.”