Job 12:8

8 Tell the earth, if it may speak to thee: and the fishes of the sea shall explain to thee.

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.

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FOOTNOTES:

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

Job 12:8 In-Context

6 even as many as provoke the Lord, as if there were indeed to be no inquisition of them.

7 But ask now the beasts, if they may speak to thee; and the birds of the air, if they may declare to thee.

8 Tell the earth, if it may speak to thee: and the fishes of the sea shall explain to thee.

9 Who then has not known in all these things, that the hand of the Lord has made them?

10 Whereas the life of all living things is in his hand, and the breath of every man.