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Job 12:7 KJV
Job · chapter 12 · verse 7
But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee:Job 12:7 · King James Version
Job 12:7 in context
5He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.
6The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.
7But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee:
8Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.
9Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the LORD hath wrought this?
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- beastsbᵉhêmâhproperly, a dumb beastH929 →
- teachyârâhproperly, to flow as waterH3384 →
- fowlsʻôwpha bird , often collectivelyH5775 →
- askshâʼalto inquireH7592 →
- airshâmayimthe sky (as aloftH8064 →
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Job's friends all of them went upon this principle, that wicked people cannot prosper long in this world, but some remarkable judgment or other will suddenly light on them: Zophar had concluded with it, that the eyes of the wicked shall fail, Job 11:20.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 6-11