Job 12:7-12

Modern English Version

⁷ “But now ask the beasts, and let them teach you;
    and the birds of the air, and let them tell you;
⁸ or speak to the earth, let it teach you;
    and let the fish of the sea declare to you.
⁹ Who among all these does not know
    that the hand of the Lord has done this,
¹⁰ in whose hand is the soul of every living thing
    and the breath of all mankind?
¹¹ Does not the ear test words
    and the mouth taste its food?
¹² Wisdom is with the elderly,
    and understanding comes with long life.