Verse List for JOB 12:8

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Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=Iyyov (All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV) Or complain to the ground and it’ll teach you, ⇔ and the fish in the sea will declare it to you.

OET-LV Or complain to_earth so_that_it _may _teach _you and_let _them _recount to/for_yourself(m) the _fish(es)_of the_sea.

ULT Or speak to the earth, and it will teach you, ⇔  and the fish of the sea will recount to you.

UST If the ground could talk, and if you asked it about God, ⇔  or if fish could talk and you asked them, ⇔  they too would tell you that God is responsible when people suffer.

BSB & MSB Or speak to the earth, and it will teach you; ⇔  let the fish of the sea inform you.

OEB No OEB JOB book available

WEBBE & WMBB Or speak to the earth, and it will teach you. ⇔  The fish of the sea will declare to you.

NET Or speak to the earth and it will teach you, ⇔ or let the fish of the sea declare to you.

LSV Or talk to the earth, and it shows you,
And fishes of the sea recount to you:

FBV ask the earth and it will teach you, and the fishes in the sea will tell you.

T4T If you could ask the creatures that crawl on the ground, or the fish in the sea, ⇔  they would tell you about God.

LEB • or ask the earth, and it will teach you,
• and the fishes of the sea will declare to you.

BBE Or to the things which go flat on the earth, and they will give you wisdom; and the fishes of the sea will give you news of it.

Moff crawling creatures will instruct you, ⇔  fish in the sea will inform you:

JPS Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee; and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee;

ASV Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee; ⇔ And the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.

DRA Speak to the earth, and it shall answer thee: and the fishes of the sea shall tell.

YLT Or talk to the earth, and it sheweth thee, And fishes of the sea recount to thee:

Drby Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee; and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.

RV Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee; and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.
(Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee/you; and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee/you.)

SLT Or speak to the earth and it shall teach thee; and the fishes of the sea shall recount to thee.

Wbstr Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare to thee.

KJB-1769 Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.
(Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee/you: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee/you.)

KJB-1611 Or speake to the earth, and it shall teach thee; and the fishes of the sea shall declare vnto thee.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps Or the encrease of the earth, and it shall shew thee: or the fishes of the sea, and they shall certifie thee.
(Or the increase of the earth, and it shall show thee/you: or the fishes of the sea, and they shall certify thee/you.)

Gnva Or speake to the earth, and it shall shewe thee: or the fishes of the sea, and they shall declare vnto thee.
(Or speak to the earth, and it shall show thee/you: or the fishes of the sea, and they shall declare unto thee/you.)

Cvdl Speake to the earth, and it shall shewe the: Or to the fyshes of the see, and they shal certifie the.
(Speak to the earth, and it shall show them: Or to the fishes of the sea, and they shall certify them.)

Wycl Speke thou to the erthe, and it schal answere thee; and the fischis of the see schulen telle tho thingis.
(Speak thou/you to the earth, and it shall answer thee/you; and the fishes of the sea should tell those things.)

Luth Oder rede mit der Erde, die wird dich‘s lehren, und die Fische im Meer werden dir‘s erzählen.
(Or speak with the/of_the earth/land/ground, the becomes you teach, and the fish(n) in_the sea become it’s_yours(sg) recount/tell.)

ClVg Loquere terræ, et respondebit tibi, et narrabunt pisces maris.[fn]
(Speak of_the_earth/land(pl), and will_respond to_you, and they_will_tell fish of_the_sea.)

UHB א֤וֹ שִׂ֣יחַ לָ⁠אָ֣רֶץ וְ⁠תֹרֶ֑⁠ךָּ וִֽ⁠יסַפְּר֥וּ לְ֝⁠ךָ֗ דְּגֵ֣י הַ⁠יָּֽם׃ ‡

BrLXX Ἐκδιήγησαι γῇ, ἐάν σοι φράσῃ, καὶ ἐξηγήσονταί σοι οἱ ἰχθύες τῆς θαλάσσης.

BrTr Tell the earth, if it may speak to thee: and the fishes of the sea shall explain to thee.