Job 35:11 BSB — MannaFest

Job 35:11

who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth and makes us wiser than the birds of the air?’

BSB

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ASV

Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, And maketh us wiser than the birds of the heavens?

KJV

Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?

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Commentary

4 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth?.... Who are taught and know much, especially some of them; but not so much as man, see Isa 1:3; and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven? who are wise to provide food and nests for themselves and their young; and such as are birds of passage, as the turtledove, the crane, the stork, and the swallow, to know the time of their coming and returning, see Jer 8:

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The Nineteenth Century3 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth - Who is able to teach us mere than the irrational creation; that is, in regard to the nature and design of affliction. They suffer without knowing why. They are subjected to toil and hardships; endure pain, and die, without any knowledge why all this occurs, and without any rational view of the government and plans of God. It is not, or need not be so, says Elihu, when man suffers. He is intelligent. He can understand why he is afflicted.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

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).

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Man's spirit, which distinguishes him from the brute, is the strongest proof of God's beneficence; by the use of it we may understand that God is the Almighty helper of all sufferers who humbly seek Him; and that they err who do not so seek Him. fowls--(see on Job 28:21).

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Original language & word study

6 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
מַ֭לְּפֵנוּ	Ma.le.fe.nu	[who] teaches us	H502 →
מִבַּהֲמ֣וֹת	mi.ba.ha.Mot	more than [the] animals of	H929 →
אָ֑רֶץ	'A.retz	[the] earth	H776 →
וּמֵע֖וֹף	u.me.'of	and more than [the] bird[s] of	H5775 →
הַשָּׁמַ֣יִם	ha.sha.Ma.yim	the heavens	H8064 →
יְחַכְּמֵֽנוּ׃	ye.cha.ke.Me.nu	he makes wise us	H2449 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Genesis 2:7
Then the LORD God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being.
leads to
- Job 33:4
  The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Ecclesiastes 12:7
  before the dust returns to the ground from which it came and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
- 1 Corinthians 15:45
  So it is written: “The first man Adam became a living being;” the last Adam a life-giving spirit.
Through
Genesis 1:26
Then 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…
leads to
- Colossians 3:10
  and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator.
- Ephesians 4:24
  and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.
- Psalms 8:4–8
  what is man that You are mindful of him, or the son of man that You care for him?
- Genesis 3:22
  Then the LORD God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil. And now, lest he reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life,…
- Genesis 5:1
  This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, He made him in His own likeness.

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

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04Related verses

06About Job

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Where the connections lead

Commentary

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About Job