Job 12:7

New International Reader's Version

“But ask the animals what God does. They will teach you. Or ask the birds in the sky. They will tell you.

Cross References

Genesis 1:21

So God created the great sea creatures. He created every kind of living thing that fills the seas and moves about in them. He created every kind of bird that flies. And God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:25

God made every kind of wild animal. He made every kind of livestock. He made every kind of creature that moves along the ground. And God saw that it was good.

Job 12:6

Why doesn’t anyone bother the tents of robbers? Why do those who make God angry remain secure? They are in God’s hands!

Job 12:8

Or speak to the earth. It will teach you. Or let the fish in the ocean educate you.

Job 8:10

Won’t your people of long ago teach you and tell you? Won’t the things they said help you understand?

Proverbs 30:24

“Four things on earth are small. But they are very wise.

Proverbs 6:6

You people who don’t want to work, think about the ant! Consider its ways and be wise!

Isaiah 1:3

The ox knows its master. The donkey knows where its owner feeds it. But Israel does not know me. My people do not understand me.”

Jeremiah 8:7

Storks know when to fly south. So do doves, swifts and thrushes. But my people do not know what I require them to do.

Romans 1:20

Ever since the world was created it has been possible to see the qualities of God that are not seen. I’m talking about his eternal power and about the fact that he is God. Those things can be seen in what he has made. So people have no excuse for what they do.