Following the Thread

Building your Thread Journey…

Loading the publication-approved passages and connections for this study.

Following the Thread…

Ask the Beasts and They Shall Teach Thee — Job 12:7–10 Bible Study | Divine Threads

Thread Journey

Job 12:7–10

Ask the Beasts and They Shall Teach Thee

Study levels: Blue · Discover the Thread Yellow · Study the Thread Red · Investigate the Evidence

Level 1 · Discover the Thread

Passage Overview · Free · Job 12:7–10

Ask the Beasts and They Will Teach

Job 12:7–12 — “Ask the Beasts and They Will Teach.”

WHAT IS HAPPENING Job rejects the friends’ claim to superior wisdom. He points to creation and to God’s sovereignty over rulers and nations, insisting that he understands God’s greatness while denying that the friends have explained his suffering.

THIS MOVEMENT The section’s own focus is “Ask the Beasts and They Will Teach.” It begins, “But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee:” and closes, “With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding.”.