Matthew Poole and continuators on Job 12:7

7. But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee ; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee.

To wit, objectively; i. e. If thou observest the Beasts and their Properties and Actions▪ and Events,▪ from them thou mayst learn this Lesson: What Lesson? I answer, Either 1. that which was last mentioned, v. 5. God's Providence doth order things in the like manner among the very Beasts, and Fowls and Fishes; of which the most ravenous and mischievous fare the best, whilest those which are more harmless, and serviceable, and beneficial to men, meet with the hardest usage. Or 2. That which Zophar had uttered with so much pomp and gravity, Chap. 11. 7, 8, 9. concerning God's Infinite Wisdom, which, saith Iob, thou needest not go into Heaven or Hell to know, but thou mayst learn it even from the Beasts, &c.