Job 12:7 | MHM | STEP | v. 7-8 : Job says that even the animals and the earth can teach us this lesson. But ask the beasts, and they will teach you; the birds of the heavens, and they will tell you; or speak to the earth, and it will teach you (Job 12:7-8 ). In nature, the strong often defeat the weak, and animals serve the needs of wicked people. The earth gives its fruits to the hands of oppressors. The whole creation suffers under evil people, but it also proves that God allows these things for His own reasons (Romans 8:20,22 ).

‏ Job 12:7

v. 7-8: Job says that even the animals and the earth can teach us this lesson. But ask the beasts, and they will teach you; the birds of the heavens, and they will tell you; or speak to the earth, and it will teach you(Job 12:7-8 ^a). In nature, the strong often defeat the weak, and animals serve the needs of wicked people. The earth gives its fruits to the hands of oppressors. The whole creation suffers under evil people, but it also proves that God allows these things for His own reasons (Romans 8:20,22 ^b).