Job

Job 12:7–9

⁷But ask the animals, and they will instruct you;

ask the birds of the air, and they will tell you.

⁸Or speak to the earth, and it will teach you;

let the fish of the sea inform you.

⁹Which of all these does not know

that the hand of the LORD has done this?

Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
But	וְֽאוּלָ֗ם	wə·’ū·lām	Conjunction	H199 but, but indeed
ask	שְׁאַל־	šə·’al-	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular	H7592 ask, inquire
the animals	בְהֵמ֣וֹת	ḇə·hê·mō·wṯ	Noun - feminine plural	H929 beast, animal, cattle
and they will instruct you	וְתֹרֶ֑ךָּ	wə·ṯō·re·kā	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect - third person feminine singular; second person masculine singular	H3384 throw, shoot
ask the birds	וְע֥וֹף	wə·‘ō·wp̄	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular construct	H5775 flying creatures, fowl, insects
of the air	הַ֝שָּׁמַ֗יִם	haš·šā·ma·yim	Article; Noun - masculine plural	H8064 sky, aloft
and they will tell	וְיַגֶּד־	wə·yag·geḏ-	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singular	H5046 be conspicuous
you	לָֽךְ׃	lāḵ	Preposition; second person feminine singular

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Or	א֤וֹ	’ōw	Conjunction	H176 or
speak	שִׂ֣יחַ	śî·aḥ	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular	H7878 muse, complain
to the earth	לָאָ֣רֶץ	lā·’ā·reṣ	Preposition-l, Article; Noun - feminine singular	H776 earth, land
and it will teach you	וְתֹרֶ֑ךָּ	wə·ṯō·re·kā	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect - third person feminine singular; second person masculine singular	H3384 throw, shoot
let the fish	דְּגֵ֣י	də·ḡê	Noun - masculine plural construct	H1709 fish
of the sea	הַיָּֽם׃	hay·yām	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H3220 sea
inform	וִֽיסַפְּר֥וּ	wî·sap·pə·rū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H5608 count
you	לְ֝ךָ֗	lə·ḵā	Preposition; second person masculine singular

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Which	מִ֭י	mî	Interrogative	H4310 who?
of all	בְּכָל־	bə·ḵāl	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
these	אֵ֑לֶּה	’êl·leh	Pronoun - common plural	H428 these
does not	לֹא־	lō-	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
know	יָדַ֣ע	yā·ḏa‘	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H3045 know
that	כִּ֥י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
the hand	יַד־	yaḏ-	Noun - feminine singular construct	H3027 hand
of the LORD	יְ֝הוָה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
has done	עָ֣שְׂתָה	‘ā·śə·ṯāh	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular	H6213 do, make
this	זֹּֽאת׃	zōṯ	Pronoun - feminine singular	H2063 this

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Job 12:7 Isaiah 1:3 · Proverbs 6:6 · Jeremiah 8:7 · Job 21:29–30

Job 12:9 Isaiah 41:20 · Jeremiah 27:5–6 · Romans 11:36 · 1 Samuel 2:7 · Acts 19:35 · Daniel 9:17 · Daniel 5:18 · James 2:5–7 · Deuteronomy 8:17–18 · Job 12:3 · Job 22:18

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.