Job 12:8

In 11 translations

BSB

Or speak to the earth, and it will teach you; let the fish of the sea inform you.

KJV

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

WEB

Or speak to the earth, and it will teach you. The fish of the sea will declare to you.

ASV

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

LSV

Or talk to the earth, and it shows you, || And fishes of the sea recount to you:

YLT

Or talk to the earth, and it sheweth thee, And fishes of the sea recount to thee:

DBY

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

DRC

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

GNV

Or speake to the earth, and it shall shewe thee: or the fishes of the sea, and they shall declare vnto thee.

JPS

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

LXXE

Tell the earth, if it may speak to thee: and the fishes of the sea shall explain to thee.

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Original-language editions

WLC

א֤וֹ שִׂ֣יחַ לָאָ֣רֶץ וְתֹרֶ֑ךָּ וִֽיסַפְּר֥וּ לְ֝ךָ֗ דְּגֵ֣י הַיָּֽם׃

LXX-Br

Ἐκδιήγησαι γῇ, ἐάν σοι φράσῃ, καὶ ἐξηγήσονταί σοι οἱ ἰχθύες τῆς θαλάσσης.

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