Job 35:11
who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth, and makes us wiser than the birds of the heavens?
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?
In Context
10But none says, Where is God my maker who gives songs in the night,
12There they cry, but none gives answer, because of the pride of evil men.
Cross References
Genesis 1:26And God said, Let us make man in our image--after our likeness--and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that
Job 32:8But there is a spirit in man, and the breath of the Almighty gives them understanding.
Psalms 94:12Blessed is the man whom thou chasten, O LORD, and teach out of thy law,
Matthew Henry on Job 35:10-14
9 By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty. 10 But none saith, Where is God my maker, who giveth songs in the night; 11 Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven? 12 There they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men. 13 Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it. Elihu here returns an answer to another word that Job had said, which,… Read the whole commentary →