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Job 12:7 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

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

Job 12:7

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5 In the thought of him who is at ease there is contempt for misfortune. It is ready for them whose foot slips.

6 The tents of robbers prosper. Those who provoke God are secure, who carry their god in their hands.

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

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

9 Who doesn’t know that in all these, the LORD’s hand has done this,

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Job 35:11

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"who teaches us more than the animals of the earth, and makes us wiser than the birds of the sky?’"

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Psalms 8:8

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"the birds of the sky, the fish of the sea, and whatever passes through the paths of the seas."

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Matthew 6:26

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"See the birds of the sky, that they don’t sow, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns. Your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren’t you of much more value than they?"

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Leviticus 11:2

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"“Speak to the children of Israel, saying, ‘These are the living things which you may eat among all the animals that are on the earth."

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Daniel 2:38

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"Wherever the children of men dwell, he has given the animals of the field and the birds of the sky into your hand, and has made you rule over them all. You are the head of gold."

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Isaiah 1:3

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"The ox knows his owner, and the donkey his master’s crib; but Israel doesn’t know. My people don’t consider.”"

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From This Chapter

Job 12:1

"Then Job answered,"

Job 12:2

"“No doubt, but you are the people, and wisdom will die with you."

Job 12:3

"But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you. Yes, who doesn’t know such things as these?"

Job 12:4

"I am like one who is a joke to his neighbor, I, who called on God, and he answered. The just, the blameless man is a joke."

Job 12:5

"In the thought of him who is at ease there is contempt for misfortune. It is ready for them whose foot slips."

Job 12:6

"The tents of robbers prosper. Those who provoke God are secure, who carry their god in their hands."

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