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Job 35:11 Cross-References
Explore 5 cross-references for Job 35:11 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Job chapter 35 verse 11 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?”
Job 35:11 (KJV)
Commentary on Job 35:11
Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven? Elihu (Job 32-37) here describes God's unique instruction of humanity. The Hebrew מְאַלְּפֵנוּ מִבַּהֲמוֹת אָרֶץ (me'allephenu mibhemot aretz) means "who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth." The verb alaph (אָלַף) means to teach, train, or instruct. God has endowed humans with greater wisdom than animals—not mere instinct but reason, moral awareness, and capacity for divine knowledge.Maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven uses the Hiphil causative form of chakam (חָכַם, "to be wise")—Go...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Job 35:11
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“Yah”
“and the breath of the Almighty gives them understanding.”
“God is exalted in his power. Who is a teacher like him?”
“Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the sky, and over the livestock, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”
“and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.”