Job 12:7 KJV

But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee:

Words Then and Now

What these words mean in the King James Bible, and where you’ll still hear them today.

Thou and Ye

  • thee one person

In the King James Bible, thee, thou, thy, and thine always mean one person, and ye, you, and your more than one: a difference modern English lost. Why keep these words?

Matthew Henry

  • The wicked often prosperJob appeals to facts. The most audacious robbers, oppressors, and impious wretches, often prosper. Yet this is not by fortune or chance; the Lord orders...

Cross References

  • Job 21:29–30 Have ye not asked them that go by the way? and do ye not know their tokens, …
  • Proverbs 6:6 Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
  • Isaiah 1:3 The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.
  • Jeremiah 8:7 Yea, 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.

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Topics

  • Animals Habits of Animals
  • Atheism Arguments against Atheism
  • Design In nature, evidence of
  • God Unclassified scriptures relating to God
  • Job Complaints of, and replies by his three friends to

Hebrew and Strong’s

  • But וְאוּלָם wĕʾwwlām אוּלָם Adverb · with and
  • ask שְׁאַל šĕʾal שָׁאַל Verb · qal imperative, second person masculine singular
  • now the beasts נָא nāʾ Exhortation בְהֵמוֹת bĕhēmôt בְּהֵמָה Noun · feminine plural
  • and they shall teach וְתֹרֶךָּ wĕtōrekkā יָרָה Verb · hiphil imperfect, third person feminine singular · with and, suffix: second person masculine singular
  • thee; and the fowls וְעוֹף wĕʿôp עוֹף Noun · masculine singular construct · with and
  • of the air הַשָּׁמַיִם haššāmayim שָׁמַיִם Noun · masculine plural · with the
  • and they shall tell וְיַגֶּד wĕyagged נָגַד Verb · hiphil imperfect, third person masculine singular · with and לָךְ lāk Preposition · with suffix: second person feminine singular

Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex, Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible · CC BY 4.0

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