Job 12:8
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Or speak to the earth, and it will teach you; let the fish of the sea inform you.

Young's Literal Translation
Or talk to the earth, and it sheweth thee, And fishes of the sea recount to thee:

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

Hebrew
Or
א֤וֹ (’ōw)
Conjunction
Strong's 176: Desire, if

speak
שִׂ֣יחַ (śî·aḥ)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's 7878: To muse, complain, talk (of)

to the earth,
לָאָ֣רֶץ (lā·’ā·reṣ)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 776: Earth, land

and it will teach you;
וְתֹרֶ֑ךָּ (wə·ṯō·re·kā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect - third person feminine singular | second person masculine singular
Strong's 3384: To flow as water, to lay, throw, to point out, to teach

let the fish
דְּגֵ֣י (də·ḡê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 1709: A fish

of the sea
הַיָּֽם׃ (hay·yām)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3220: A sea, the Mediterranean Sea, large river, an artifical basin

inform
וִֽיסַפְּר֥וּ (wî·sap·pə·rū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 5608: To count, recount, relate

you.
לְ֝ךָ֗ (lə·ḵā)
Preposition | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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