Job 12:9

"Or speak to the earth, and it will teach you. The fish of the sea will declare to you."

Key Reflection

In Job 12:9, God suggests that even nature can be a teacher, as the earth and sea creatures reveal His wisdom and ways. This implies that creation itself is a testament to divine truth, encouraging humans to seek lessons from the natural world around them.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Who knoweth not in all these -Who cannot see in all these the proofs of the same divine and sovereign agency? Who cannot see the hand of the same God and the same great principles of administration? The meaning of Job is, that the position which he defends is so plain, that it may be learned from the very earth and the lowest orders of animals which God has made. That the hand of the Lord hath wrought this -In this place the original word isיהוהyehovâh. On the meaning of the word see the notes atIsaiah 1:2. The Chaldee also renders it hereיהyâhh. It is remarkable that this is the only place where the name yahweh occurs in poetical parts of the book of Job, in the printed editions.

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