Job 12:7

NETBible	“But now, ask the animals and they² will teach you, or the birds of the sky and they will tell you.
NIV © biblegateway Job 12:7	"But ask the animals, and they will teach you, or the birds of the air, and they will tell you;
NASB © biblegateway Job 12:7	"But now ask the beasts, and let them teach you; And the birds of the heavens, and let them tell you.
NLT © biblegateway Job 12:7	"Ask the animals, and they will teach you. Ask the birds of the sky, and they will tell you.
MSG © biblegateway Job 12:7	"But ask the animals what they think--let them teach you; let the birds tell you what's going on.
BBE © SABDAweb Job 12:7	But put now a question to the beasts, and get teaching from them; or to the birds of the heaven, and they will make it clear to you;
NRSV © bibleoremus Job 12:7	"But ask the animals, and they will teach you; the birds of the air, and they will tell you;
NKJV © biblegateway Job 12:7	"But now ask the beasts, and they will teach you; And the birds of the air, and they will tell you;
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NASB © biblegateway Job 12:7	"But now <04994> ask <07592> the beasts <0929> , and let them teach <03384> you; And the birds <05775> of the heavens <08064> , and let them tell <05046> you.
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NETBible

“But now, ask the animals and they² will teach you, or the birds of the sky and they will tell you.

NET Notes

¹sn As J. E. Hartley (Job [NICOT], 216) observes, in this section Job argues that respected tradition “must not be accepted uncritically.”

²tn The singular verb is used here with the plural collective subject (see GKC 464 §145.k).