Job 12:7-12
New International Version
7 “But ask the animals, and they will teach you,(A)
or the birds in the sky,(B) and they will tell you;(C)
8 or speak to the earth, and it will teach you,
or let the fish in the sea inform you.
9 Which of all these does not know(D)
that the hand of the Lord has done this?(E)
10 In his hand is the life(F) of every creature
and the breath of all mankind.(G)
11 Does not the ear test words
as the tongue tastes food?(H)
12 Is not wisdom found among the aged?(I)
Does not long life bring understanding?(J)
Job 12:7-12
New Living Translation
7 “Just ask the animals, and they will teach you.
Ask the birds of the sky, and they will tell you.
8 Speak to the earth, and it will instruct you.
Let the fish in the sea speak to you.
9 For they all know
that my disaster[a] has come from the hand of the Lord.
10 For the life of every living thing is in his hand,
and the breath of every human being.
11 The ear tests the words it hears
just as the mouth distinguishes between foods.
12 Wisdom belongs to the aged,
and understanding to the old.
Footnotes
- 12:9 Hebrew that this.
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