Key Verse Spotlight
Job 12:8 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.”
Job 12:8
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth {abundantly}.
But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee:
Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.
Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the LORD hath wrought this?
In whose hand {is} the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind. {soul: or, life} {all...: Heb. all flesh of man}
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