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“But ask the animals, and they will teach you,
    the birds of the air, and they will tell you;
ask the plants of the earth,[a] and they will teach you,
    and the fish of the sea will declare to you.
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)

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Footnotes

  1. 12.8 Or speak to the earth

But ask Behemoth, and he will teach you,
    the birds in the sky, and they will tell you;
    or talk to earth, and it will teach you;
    the fish of the sea will recount it for you.
Among all these, who hasn’t known
    that the Lord’s hand did this?
10 In whose grasp is the life of every thing,
    the breath of every person?
11 Doesn’t the ear test words
    and the palate taste food?
12 “In old age is wisdom;
    understanding in a long life.”

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