Job 12:8
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 12:8 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 12:8 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Job 12:8 — KJV
“Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.”
— Job 12:8 (KJV)
Job 12:8 in Context — About the Book of Job
Job is the Bible's deepest wrestle with undeserved suffering. A blameless man loses everything, sits in ashes, and refuses easy answers — from his friends or himself. God answers from the whirlwind not with explanations but with Himself, and Job's fortunes are restored double.
Cross-References for Job 12:8
“And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered.”
Shares key themes with Job 12:8: earth, fishes, sea
“I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the LORD speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.”
Shares key themes with Job 12:8: speak, earth, declare
“So that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the field, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, and all the men that are upon the face of the earth, shall shake at my presence, and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground. steep...: or, towers, or, stairs”
Shares key themes with Job 12:8: earth, fishes, sea
“And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem, and the battle bow shall be cut off: and he shall speak peace unto the heathen: and his dominion shall be from sea even to sea, and from the river even to the ends of the earth.”
Shares key themes with Job 12:8: speak, earth, sea
“And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.”
Shares key themes with Job 12:8: earth, sea
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