Job 12:7
ContextNET © | “But now, ask the animals and they 2 will teach you, or the birds of the sky and they will tell you. |
NIV © | "But ask the animals, and they will teach you, or the birds of the air, and they will tell you; |
NASB © | "But now ask the beasts, and let them teach you; And the birds of the heavens, and let them tell you. |
NLT © | "Ask the animals, and they will teach you. Ask the birds of the sky, and they will tell you. |
MSG © | "But ask the animals what they think--let them teach you; let the birds tell you what's going on. |
BBE © | But put now a question to the beasts, and get teaching from them; or to the birds of the heaven, and they will make it clear to you; |
NRSV © | "But ask the animals, and they will teach you; the birds of the air, and they will tell you; |
NKJV © | "But now ask the beasts, and they will teach you; And the birds of the air, and they will tell you; |
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NET © | “But now, ask the animals and they 2 will teach you, or the birds of the sky and they will tell you. |
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1 sn As J. E. Hartley (Job [NICOT], 216) observes, in this section Job argues that respected tradition “must not be accepted uncritically.” 2 tn The singular verb is used here with the plural collective subject (see GKC 464 §145.k). |