Job 12:8

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee - Perhaps this appeal to the earth may mean, as Stuhlman supposes, that the same thing is shown in...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Eliphaz had appealed to revelation, Bildad to the wisdom of the ancients, Zophar assumes that he himself is the oracle of God's wisdom. Job answers t...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Or, speak to the earth— Or, survey the earth.
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee: Ask now the beasts ... and the fowls ....
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Job's Third Speech (Job 12-14) The friends have said God is wise and mighty. Job replies, 'I know that as well as you. You infer that He is also r...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

XII. BEYOND FACT AND FEAR TO GOD Job 12:1-25 ; Job 13:1-28 ; Job 14:1-22 Job SPEAKS ZOPHAR excites in Job's mind great irritation, which mu...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“God's Paths in Deep Waters” Job 12:1-25 Job sets himself to disprove Zophar's contention that wickedness invariably causes insecurity in men's...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Job's last reply in this first cycle is to the whole argument, as well as to Zophar's application of it. From beginning to end, it thrills with sarca...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(1) В¶ And Job answered and said, (2) No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you. (3) But I have understanding as well as you; I a...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee ,.... Or ask "a sprig of the earth" n, any shrub, or tree, or whatsoever grows out of it, and they wi...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee. Ver. 8. Or speak to the earth, and it shall tea...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

JOB EMPHASISES GOD'S GREATNESS AND WISDOM (vv.1-25) Job's reply to Zophar was understandably sarcastic, "No doubt you are the people, and wisdom...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

6 The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly. 7 But ask now the be...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

JOB’S REPLY TO ZOPHAR I. Defends himself against the charge of ignorance implied in Zophar’s speech ( Job 12:2-3 ). His defence is:— 1. Ironi...
Sermon Bible Commentary

Job 12:7-8 I. The great lesson which the animal creation, regarded simply as the creature and subject of God, is fitted to teach us, is a lesson o...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 12:6 . The tabernacles of robbers prosper. Or as it might be rendered, a placid tranquility gladdens the tabernacles of robbers; referring to...
The Biblical Illustrator

Speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee. The teaching of the earth To the attentive ear all the earth is eloquent; to the reflecting mind a...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION The discourse of Job, here begun, continues through three chapters ( Job 12:1-18 ; Job 13:1-18 ; Job 14:1-18 .). It is thought to f...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

God's Government of the World
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

or speak to the earth, addressing it for information, and it shall teach thee, and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee. All nature unites...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 16:9 ; Genesis 9:2 ; Genesis 9:5 ; Isaiah 28:9 ; Job 12:7 ; Job 15:17 ; Job 28:27 ; Job 38:37 ; Job 7:11 ; Job 8:10 ; Judges...

⁸ Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.

Related Commentaries of Job 12:8

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Job 12:8