Job 12:7–8
But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee:
But aske now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the foules of the aire, and they shall tell thee.
Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.
Or speake to the earth, and it shall teach thee; and the fishes of the sea shall declare vnto thee.
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- Isaiah 1:3Rank 1 from verse 7
- Jeremiah 8:7Rank 2 from verse 7
7Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the Lord.
7*Yea the Storke in the heauen knoweth her appointed times, and the turtle, and the crane, and the swallow obserue the time of their coming; but my people know not the iudgement of the LORD.
- Proverbs 6:6Rank 3 from verse 7
- Job 21:29–30Rank 4 from verse 7
29Have ye not asked them that go by the way? and do ye not know their tokens,
30That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath.
29Haue ye not asked them that goe by the way? and doe ye not know their tokens?
30*That the wicked is reserued to the day of destruction; they shall bee brought foorth to †the day of wrath.
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Job 12:7
Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828
An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
To instruct, inform, train, show, counsel, or communicate knowledge or doctrine.
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1. Winged creatures, especially birds. 2. In the law's phrase “fowls that creep,” winged creeping creatures.
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1. To speak, relate, declare, report, inform, explain, reveal, recount, or make known. 2. To know, discern, or determine, especially in 'cannot tell' or 'who can tell.' 3. To count, number, or enumerate.
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Job 12:8
Sense 1: To utter words or articulate sounds, or to use a language. Sense 2: To address or converse with someone. Sense 3: To state, declare, make mention of, or otherwise make a matter known.
Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Sense 1: The world in distinction from heaven. Sense 2: Dry land, ground, soil, or dust. Sense 3: A land, region, or its inhabitants.
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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
To instruct, inform, train, show, counsel, or communicate knowledge or doctrine.
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Sense 1: Aquatic animals. Sense 2: As a verb, catches fish.
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1. A great body or expanse of gathered waters, including a named sea or lake, in which ships and creatures move. 2. The large brazen or molten basin made for the temple and called a sea. 3. Something represented or compared as a sea.
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To make known, tell, announce, proclaim, explain, show, or state plainly.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893
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6The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.
6The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that prouoke God are secure, into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.
7But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee:
7But aske now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the foules of the aire, and they shall tell thee.
Selected passage8Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.
8Or speake to the earth, and it shall teach thee; and the fishes of the sea shall declare vnto thee.
Selected passage9Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the Lord hath wrought this?
9Who knoweth not in all these, that the hand of the LORD hath wrought this?