Job 35:11
who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth and makes us wiser than the birds of the air?’
Majority Standard Bible
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 God my Maker, who gives us songs in the night,
12There they cry out, but He does not answer, because of the pride of evil men.
Cross References
Genesis 1:26Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness, to rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, and over all the earth itself and every creature that crawls upon it.”
Job 32:8But there is a spirit in a man, the breath of the Almighty, that gives him understanding.
Psalms 94:12Blessed is the man You discipline, O LORD, and 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 →