The Meaning of Job 12:7 Explained

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:

YLT: And yet, ask, I pray thee, One of the beasts, and it doth shew thee, And a fowl of the heavens, And it doth declare to thee.

Darby: But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowl of the heavens, and they shall tell thee;

ASV: But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; And the birds of the heavens, and they shall tell thee:

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Job 12:7?

MEANING: What does Job 12:7 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Job 12:7 mean?

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What is the context of Job 12:7?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Job 12:7 Mean?

Context Summary

Job 12:1-25 - "god's Paths In Deep Waters"

Job sets himself to disprove Zophar's contention that wickedness invariably causes insecurity in men's dwellings; and in doing so he bitterly complains that his friends mocked at him so contemptuously. He says that they remind him of those who are glad enough of a torch when their foot is slipping in the dark, but cast it aside when they reach their quarters, Job 12:5.

Those who rob are often the most prosperous, Job 12:6, and nature teaches that the animals and plants which are most sturdy in their self-assertion are most secure. Is not the vulture more secure than the dove, the lion than the ox, the shark than the dolphin, the rose than the thorn which tears it? In all such cases you cannot explain the mystery except by referring it to the will of God, whose reasons are past finding out. Similar mysteries beset human life.

Job still further illustrates his point from human life, showing that the lives of counselors, judges, kings, priests, princes, and elders are exposed to the same apparent anomalies and inequalities of treatment. We know, however, that suffering is purifying to the soul, and often redemptive, as Christ's was, for others. [source]

Chapter Summary: Job 12

¹ Job maintains himself against his friends that reprove him
⁷ He acknowledges the doctrine of God's omnipotence

What do the individual words in Job 12:7 mean?

But ask now the beasts and they will teach you and the birds of the air and they will tell you

וְֽאוּלָ֗ם שְׁאַל־ נָ֣א בְהֵמ֣וֹת וְתֹרֶ֑ךָּ וְע֥וֹף הַ֝שָּׁמַ֗יִם וְיַגֶּד־ לָֽךְ

שְׁאַל־	ask
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperative, masculine singular Root: שָׁאַל Sense: to ask, enquire, borrow, beg.
נָ֣א	now
Parse: Interjection Root: נָא Sense: I (we) pray, now, please.
בְהֵמ֣וֹת	the beasts
Parse: Noun, feminine plural Root: בְּהֵמָה Sense: beast, cattle, animal.
וְתֹרֶ֑ךָּ	and they will teach you
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hifil, Conjunctive imperfect, third person feminine singular, second person masculine singular Root: יׄורֶה Sense: to throw, shoot, cast, pour.
וְע֥וֹף	and the birds
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct Root: עֹוף Sense: flying creatures, fowl, insects, birds.
הַ֝שָּׁמַ֗יִם	of the air
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural Root: שָׁמַיִם Sense: heaven, heavens, sky.
וְיַגֶּד־	and they will tell
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hifil, Conjunctive imperfect Jussive, third person masculine singular Root: נָגַד Sense: to be conspicuous, tell, make known.

What are the major concepts related to Job 12:7?

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