Job 12:8

8 loquere terrae et respondebit tibi et narrabunt pisces maris

Job 12:8 Meaning and Commentary

Job 12:8

Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee
Or ask "a sprig of the earth" F14, any shrub, or tree, or whatsoever grows out of it, and they will all unite in this doctrine, that they are raised and preserved by the power of God, and are so many instances of his wisdom, power, and goodness:

and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee;
as mute as they are, they will proclaim this truth, that God is the mighty Maker and wise Disposer of them.


FOOTNOTES:

F14 (Ural xyv) "virgultum terrae", Pagninus, Schmidt; so Drusius and Michaelis.

Job 12:8 In-Context

6 abundant tabernacula praedonum et audacter provocant Deum cum ipse dederit omnia in manibus eorum
7 nimirum interroga iumenta et docebunt te et volatilia caeli et indicabunt tibi
8 loquere terrae et respondebit tibi et narrabunt pisces maris
9 quis ignorat quod omnia haec manus Domini fecerit
10 in cuius manu anima omnis viventis et spiritus universae carnis hominis
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