Job 12:7

In 11 translations

BSB

But ask the animals, and they will instruct you; ask the birds of the air, and they will tell you.

KJV

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

WEB

“But ask the animals now, and they will teach you; the birds of the sky, and they will tell you.

ASV

But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; And the birds of the heavens, and they shall tell thee:

LSV

And yet, now ask [one of] the beasts, || And it shows you, || And a bird of the heavens, || And it declares to you.

YLT

And yet, ask, I pray thee, [One of] the beasts, and it doth shew thee, And a fowl of the heavens, And it doth declare to thee.

DBY

But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowl of the heavens, and they shall tell thee;

DRC

But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee: and the birds of the air, and they shall tell thee.

GNV

Aske now the beasts, and they shall teach thee, and the foules of the heauen, and they shall tell thee:

JPS

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

LXXE

But ask now the beasts, if they may speak to thee; and the birds of the air, if they may declare to thee.

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Original-language editions

WLC

וְֽאוּלָ֗ם שְׁאַל־נָ֣א בְהֵמ֣וֹת וְתֹרֶ֑ךָּ וְע֥וֹף הַ֝שָּׁמַ֗יִם וְיַגֶּד־לָֽךְ׃

LXX-Br

Ἀλλὰ δὴ ἐρώτησον τετράποδα ἐάν σοι εἴπωσι, πετεινὰ δὲ οὐρανοῦ ἐάν σοι ἀπαγγείλωσιν.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Isaiah 1:3The ox knows its owner, and the donkey its master’s manger, but Israel does not know; My people do not understand.”
• Jeremiah 8:7Even the stork in the sky knows her appointed seasons. The turtledove, the swift, and the thrush keep their time of migration, but My people do not know the requirements of the LORD.
• Proverbs 6:6Walk in the manner of the ant, O slacker; observe its ways and become wise.
• Job 21:29–30Have you never asked those who travel the roads? Do you not accept their reports? Indeed, the evil man is spared from the day of calamity, delivered from the day of wrath.

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