Job 35:11
who teaches us more than the animals, and makes us wiser than the birds?’
Free Bible 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 no one asks, ‘Where is the God my maker, the one who gives songs in the night,
12When they call out for help, God doesn't answer them because they are proud and evil people.
Cross References
Genesis 1:26God said, “Let us make human beings in our image who are like us. They will have authority over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, and over the whole of the earth and every creature that moves on it.”
Job 32:8However, there is a spirit in human beings, the breath of the Almighty, that gives them understanding.
Psalms 94:12Those you discipline are happy, Lord; those you teach from 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 →