Job 35:11
Who gives us more knowledge than the beasts of the earth, and makes us wiser than the birds of the heaven?
Bible in Basic English
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 no one has said, Where is God my Maker, who gives songs in the night;
12There they are crying out because of the pride of the evil-doers, but he gives them no answer.
Cross References
Genesis 1:26And God said, Let us make man in our image, like us: and let him have rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over the cattle and over all the earth and over every living thing which goes flat on the earth.
Job 32:8But truly it is the spirit in man, even the breath of the Ruler of all, which gives them knowledge.
Psalms 94:12Happy is the man who is guided by you, O Jah, and to whom you give teaching out of your 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 →