Job 12:8
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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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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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.
8Or 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.
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