Job 35:11
Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?
Job 35:11 in other translations
| BSB | who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth and makes us wiser than the birds of the air?’ |
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| WEB | who teaches us more than the animals of the earth, and makes us wiser than the birds of the sky?’ |
| ASV | Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, And maketh us wiser than the birds of the heavens? |
| YLT | Teaching us more than the beasts of the earth, Yea, than the fowl of the heavens He maketh us wiser.' |
| DARBY | Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowl of the heavens? |
| BBE | Who gives us more knowledge than the beasts of the earth, and makes us wiser than the birds of the heaven? |
| Webster | Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven? |
What does Job 35:11 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Job 35:10-13
10-13. But the reason is that the innocent sufferers often do not humbly seek God for succor; so to their "pride" is to be laid the blame of their ruin; also because (Job 35:13-16) they, as Job, instead of waiting God's time in pious trust, are prone to despair of His justice, when it is not immediately visible (Job 33:19-26). If the sufferer would apply to God with a humbled, penitent spirit, He would hear. Where…
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 35:9-13
Job complained that God did not regard the cries of the oppressed against their oppressors. This he knew not how to reconcile the justice of God and his government. Elihu solves the difficulty. Men do not notice the mercies they enjoy in and under their afflictions, nor are thankful for them, therefore they cannot expect that God should deliver them out of affliction. He gives songs in the night; when our condition…
Job 35:11 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Job 35:11
- Psalms 94:12
Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O Lord, and teachest him out of thy law;
- Job 36:22
Behold, God exalteth by his power: who teacheth like him?
- Job 32:8
But there is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding.
- Genesis 1:26
And 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 fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
- Genesis 2:7
And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
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Context
- Job 35:10
But none saith, Where is God my maker, who giveth songs in the night;
- Job 35:11
Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?
- Job 35:12
There they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men.
Job 35:11 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Que nos enseña más que á las bestias de la tierra, y nos hace sabios más que las aves del cielo? |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Qui nous rend plus instruits que les bêtes de la terre, et plus sages que les oiseaux des cieux? |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | der uns mehr belehrt als die Tiere der Erde, und uns weiser macht als das Gevögel des Himmels? |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | qui docet nos super jumenta terræ, et super volucres cæli erudit nos? |