Job 35

Job · Chapter 35

Job 35:11

1Elihu spake moreover, and said,2Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God’s?3For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin?4I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee.5Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds which are higher than thou.6If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him?7If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of thine hand?8Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art; and thy righteousness may profit the son of man.9By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.10But none saith, Where is God my maker, who giveth songs in the night;11Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?12There they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men.13Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.14Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, yet judgment is before him; therefore trust thou in him.15But now, because it is not so, he hath visited in his anger; yet he knoweth it not in great extremity:16Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge.

King James Version (1769)

Other translations

VerseKJVBSBASV
11Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth and makes us wiser than the birds of the air?’Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, And maketh us wiser than the birds of the heavens?

In context

Who is speaking and to whom, what is happening, when and where, and why it matters, each with its sources. Coming with the context cards.

Original Hebrew words

EnglishHebrewSay itStrong'sMeaning
[who] teaches usמַ֭לְּפֵנוּMA-le-fe-nuH0502
to teach/learn

אָלַף (a.laph) 1) to learn 1a) (Qal) to learn 1b) (Piel) to teach

more than [the] animals ofמִבַּהֲמ֣וֹתmi-ba-ha-MOTH0929
animal

בְּהֵמָה (be.he.mah) 1) beast, cattle, animal 1a) beasts (coll of all animals) 1b) cattle, livestock (of domestic animals) 1c) wild beasts

[the] earthאָ֑רֶץ'A-retzH0776H
earth: soil

אֲרַע (a.ra) : soil earth, world, ground Aramaic of e.rets (אֶ֫רֶץ ": soil" H0776H)

and more than [the] bird[s] ofוּמֵע֖וֹףu-me-'ofH5775
bird

עוֹף (oph) 1) flying creatures, fowl, insects, birds 1a) fowl, birds 1b) winged insects Aramaic equivalent: oph (עוֹף "bird" H5776)

the heavensהַשָּׁמַ֣יִםha-sha-MA-yimH8064
heaven

שָׁמַיִם (sha.ma.yim) 1) heaven, heavens, sky 1a) visible heavens, sky 1a1) as abode of the stars 1a2) as the visible universe, the sky, atmosphere, etc 1b) Heaven (as the abode of God) Aramaic equivalent: sha.ma.yin (שָׁמַ֫יִן "heaven" H8065)

he makes wise usיְחַכְּמֵֽנוּ׃ye-cha-ke-ME-nuH2449
be wise

חָכַם (cha.kham) 1) to be wise 1a) (Qal) to be or become wise, act wisely 1b) (Piel) to make wise, teach wisdom, instruct 1c) (Pual) to be made wise 1d) (Hiphil) to make wise 1e) (Hithpael) to show oneself wise, deceive, show one's wisdom

Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.