Job 12:9

9 Are there any of those creatures that don't know what the powerful hand of the LORD has done?

Job 12:9 Meaning and Commentary

Job 12:9

Who knoweth not in all these
Or "by" or "from all these"

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FOOTNOTES:

F15 creatures; what man is there so stupid and senseless, that does not discern, or cannot learn, even from irrational creatures, the above things, even what Zophar had discoursed concerning God and his perfections, his power, wisdom and providence? for, by the things that are made, the invisible things of God are clearly seen and understood, even his eternal power and Godhead, ( Romans 1:20 ) ; particularly it may be known by these, and who is it that does not know thereby,

that the hand of the Lord hath wrought this?
made this visible world, and all things in it, to which Job then pointed as it were with his finger, meaning the heavens, earth, and sea, and all that in them are, which were all created by him: hence he is called the Former and Maker of all things; and which are all the works of his hand, that is, of his power, which is meant by his hand, that being the instrument of action. This is the only place where the word "Jehovah" is used in this book by the disputants.

F15 (hla lkb) "ex omnibus istis", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Schmidt, Schultens, Michaelis; "per omnia haec", Cocceius; so Broughton.

Job 12:9 In-Context

7 "But ask the animals what God does. They will teach you. Or ask the birds of the air. They will tell you.

8 Or speak to the earth. It will teach you. Or let the fish of the ocean educate you.

9 Are there any of those creatures that don't know what the powerful hand of the LORD has done?

10 He holds the life of every creature in his hand. He controls the breath of every human being.

11 Our tongues tell us what tastes good and what doesn't. And our ears tell us what's true and what isn't.