The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: {but} Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.

Therefore I said, Surely these {are} poor; they are foolish: for they know not the way of the LORD, {nor} the judgment of their God.

Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:

The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing {of birds} is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land;

And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts: but they regard not the work of the LORD, neither consider the operation of his hands.

The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: {but} Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.

My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children. {destroyed: Heb. cut off}

Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not: {understanding: Heb. heart}

Therefore I said, Surely these {are} poor; they are foolish: for they know not the way of the LORD, {nor} the judgment of their God.

When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off: the women come, {and} set them on fire: for it {is} a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, and he that formed them will shew them no favour.

And Jesus answering said unto them, Do ye not therefore err, because ye know not the scriptures, neither the power of God?

The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing {of birds} is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land;

Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work among this people, {even} a marvellous work and a wonder: for the wisdom of their wise {men} shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent {men} shall be hid. {proceed: Heb. add}

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

Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird. {in the...: Heb. in the eyes of every thing that hath a wing}

{Gavest thou} the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich? {wings and...: or, the feathers of the stork and ostrich}

For my people {is} foolish, they have not known me; they {are} sottish children, and they have none understanding: they {are} wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.

And they answered, that they could not tell whence {it was}.

And the ass saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand: and the ass turned aside out of the way, and went into the field: and Balaam smote the ass, to turn her into the way.

Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, {and} stretch her wings toward the south?

Where the birds make their nests: {as for} the stork, the fir trees {are} her house.

Much food {is in} the tillage of the poor: but there is {that is} destroyed for want of judgment.

Therefore my people are gone into captivity, because {they have} no knowledge: and their honourable men {are} famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst. {honourable...: Heb. glory are men of famine}

And they answered Jesus, and said, We cannot tell. And he said unto them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things.

And they answered and said unto Jesus, We cannot tell. And Jesus answering saith unto them, Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.

There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah.