Job 12:7
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But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee: and the birds of the air, and they shall tell thee.

Romans 1:20
For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made. His eternal power also and divinity: so that they are inexcusable.

Job 12:6
The tabernacles of robbers abound, and they provoke God boldly; whereas it is he that hath given all into their hands:

Job 12:8
Speak to the earth, and it shall answer thee: and the fishes of the sea shall tell.

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

But ask

Job 21:29,30 Ask any one of them that go by the way, and you shall perceive that he knoweth these same things. . . .

Proverbs 6:6 Which, although she hath no guide, nor master, nor captain,

Isaiah 1:3 The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but Israel hath not known me, and my people hath not understood.

Jeremiah 8:7 The kite in the air hath known her time: the turtle, and the swallow, and the stork have observed the time of their coming: but my people have not known the judgment of the Lord.

Context
Job Responds to Zophar
6The tabernacles of robbers abound, and they provoke God boldly; whereas it is he that hath given all into their hands: 7But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee: and the birds of the air, and they shall tell thee.8Speak to the earth, and it shall answer thee: and the fishes of the sea shall tell.…
Lexicon
But
וְֽאוּלָ֗ם (wə·’ū·lām)
Conjunctive waw | Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 199: However, on the contrary

ask
שְׁאַל־ (šə·’al-)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7592: To inquire, to request, to demand

the animals,
בְהֵמ֣וֹת (ḇə·hê·mō·wṯ)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 929: A dumb beast, any large quadruped, animal

and they will instruct you;
וְתֹרֶ֑ךָּ (wə·ṯō·re·kā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect - third person feminine singular | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3384: To flow as water, to lay, throw, to point out, to teach

ask the birds
וְע֥וֹף (wə·‘ō·wp̄)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 5775: Flying creatures

of the air,
הַ֝שָּׁמַ֗יִם (haš·šā·ma·yim)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 8064: Heaven, sky

and they will tell
וְיַגֶּד־ (wə·yag·geḏ-)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5046: To be conspicuous

you.
לָֽךְ׃ (lāḵ)
Preposition | second person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew


Additional Translations
But ask the animals, and they will instruct you; ask the birds of the air, and they will tell you.But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach you; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell you:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.
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