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

◄ Job 12:8 ►

Parallel Verses

New International Version
or speak to the earth, and it will teach you, or let the fish in the sea inform you.

English Standard Version
or the bushes of the earth, and they will teach you; and the fish of the sea will declare to you.

New American Standard Bible
"Or speak to the earth, and let it teach you; And let the fish of the sea declare to you.

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Or speak to the earth, and it will instruct you; let the fish of the sea inform you.

International Standard Version
Or ask the green plants of the earth and they'll teach you; let the fish in the sea tell you.

American Standard Version
Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee; And the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Speak to the earth, and it shall answer thee: and the fishes of the sea shall tell.

Darby Bible Translation
Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee; and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.

Young's Literal Translation
Or talk to the earth, and it sheweth thee, And fishes of the sea recount to thee:

Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

12:6-11 Job appeals to facts. The most audacious robbers, oppressors, and impious wretches, often prosper. Yet this is not by fortune or chance; the Lord orders these things. Worldly prosperity is of small value in his sight: he has better things for his children. Job resolves all into the absolute proprietorship which God has in all the creatures. He demands from his friends liberty to judge of what they had said; he appeals to any fair judgment.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

8. speak to the earth—rather, "the shrubs of the earth" [Umbreit].