Job 35:11
Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of the heavens?
Leeser Tanakh
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 [man] saith not, Where is God my maker, who bestoweth joyful songs even in the night;
12There do they cry, but he answereth not: 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 they shall have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the heaven, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
Job 32:8But it is the spirit in man, and the breath of the Almighty which giveth them understanding.
Psalms 94:12Happy is the man whom thou admonisheth, O Lord, and teachest him 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 →