King James Version
Job 12:7 in the King James Version says “But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee:” — study this verse from Job chapter 12 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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
He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.
The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.
But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee:
Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.
Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the LORD hath wrought this?
KJV Study — Public Domain
'i pray', 'now', or 'then'; added mostly to verbs (in the imperative or future), or to interjections, occasionally to an adverb or conjunction
“now the beasts”
H929properly, a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal (often collective)
“and they shall teach”
H3384properly, to flow as water (i.e., to rain); transitively, to lay or throw (especially an arrow, i.e., to shoot); figuratively, to point out (as if by
“thee and the fowls”
H5775a bird (as covered with feathers, or rather as covering with wings), often collectively
“of the air”
H8064the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies r
“and they shall tell”
H5046properly, to front, i.e., stand boldly out opposite; by implication (causatively), to manifest; figuratively, to announce (always by word of mouth to
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