Job 12:8
“Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
Who knoweth not in all these,.... Or "by" or "from all these" (o) creatures; what man is there so stupid and senseless,…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee - Perhaps this appeal to the earth may mean, as Stuhlman supposes, that…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Job 12:6-11
Job's friends all of them went upon this principle, that wicked people cannot prosper long in this world, but some…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
speak to the earth The "earth" here includes all the forms of lower life with which it teems.