Job 12:7-12
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
7 “But ask the animals, and they will teach you,
the birds of the air, and they will tell you;
8 ask the plants of the earth,[a] and they will teach you,
and the fish of the sea will declare to you.
9 Who among all these does not know
that the hand of the Lord has done this?(A)
10 In his hand is the life of every living thing
and the breath of every human being.(B)
11 Does not the ear test words
as the palate tastes food?(C)
12 Is wisdom with the aged
and understanding in length of days?(D)
Footnotes
- 12.8 Or speak to the earth
Job 12:7-12
Holman Christian Standard Bible
7 But ask the animals, and they will instruct you;
ask the birds of the sky, and they will tell you.(A)
8 Or speak to the earth, and it will instruct you;
let the fish of the sea inform you.
9 Which of all these does not know
that the hand of the Lord has done this?(B)
10 The life of every living thing is in His hand,
as well as the breath of all mankind.(C)
11 Doesn’t the ear test words
as the palate tastes food?
12 Wisdom is found with the elderly,
and understanding comes with long life.(D)
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