Job 12:7

New English Translation

⁷“But now, ask the animals and they^[b] will teach you,
or the birds of the sky and they will tell you.

Job 12:7 sn As J. E. Hartley (Job [NICOT], 216) observes, in this section Job argues that respected tradition “must not be accepted uncritically.”
Job 12:7 tn The singular verb is used here with the plural collective subject (see GKC 464 §145.k).

Job 12:7

King James Version

⁷But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee:

⁷“But ask the animals, and they will teach you,^(A)
or the birds in the sky,^(B) and they will tell you;^(C)

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