King James Version

What Does Job 12:7 Mean?

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

Context

5

He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.

6

The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.

7

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

8

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

9

Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the LORD hath wrought this?

Commentary

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary
Ne 13:15-31. The Violation of the Sabbath. **15-22. In those days saw I in Judah some treading wine-presses on the sabbath--**The cessation of the temple services had been necessarily followed by a public profanation of the Sabbath, and this had gone so far that labor was carried on in the fields, and fish brought to the markets on the sacred day. Nehemiah took the decisive step of ordering the city gates to be shut, and not to be opened, till the Sabbath was past; and in order to ensure the faithful execution of this order, he stationed some of his own servants as guards, to prevent the introduction of any commodities on that day. On the merchants and various dealers finding admission denied them, they set up booths outside the walls, in hopes of still driving a traffic with the peasantry; but the governor threatened, if they continued, to adopt violent measures for their removal. For this purpose a body of Levites was stationed as sentinels at the gate, with discretionary powers to protect the sanctification of the Sabbath.

Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset, David Brown. Public Domain.

Historical Context

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