Job Chides His Accusers
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“But now ask the beasts, and let them teach you;
And the birds of the heavens, and let them tell you.
8 And the birds of the heavens, and let them tell you.
“Or speak to the earth, and let it teach you;
And let the fish of the sea declare to you.
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And let the fish of the sea declare to you.
Job Speaks of the Power of God
Footnotes:
a.
Job 12:1: ['Lit ', answered and said]
b.
Job 12:3: ['Lit ', with whom is there not like these, '?']
c.
Job 12:4: ['Lit ', his]
d.
Job 12:5: ['Lit ', Contempt for calamity is the thought of him who is at ease]
e.
Job 12:6: ['Or ', He who brings God into his hand]
f.
Job 12:11: ['Lit ', tastes food for itself]
g.
Job 12:12: ['Lit ', length of days]
h.
Job 12:14: ['Lit ', shuts against]
i.
Job 12:14: ['Lit ', it is not opened]
j.
Job 12:15: ['Lit ', overturn]
k.
Job 12:17: ['Or ', stripped]
l.
Job 12:18: ['Or ', discipline]
m.
Job 12:19: ['Or ', stripped]
n.
Job 12:23: ['Or ', spreads out]