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Job 12:8

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

KJV

Loquere terræ, et respondebit tibi, et narrabunt pisces maris.

Vulgate

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

LXX

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

ASV

א֤וֹ שִׂ֣יחַ לָ/אָ֣רֶץ וְ/תֹרֶ֑/ךָּ וִֽ/יסַפְּר֥וּ לְ֝/ךָ֗ דְּגֵ֣י הַ/יָּֽם

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

א֣וֹ
'v
conjunction · 311×
אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
אָשִׂ֑יחָה
'shychh
verb · 20×
דְּגֵ֥י
dgy
noun · 17×
ה
h
noun · 393×
נִי
ny
verb · 86×
סֹּפֵ֔ר
spr
verb · 161×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Gen 1:25 — And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.