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Job 35:11

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

KJV

qui docet nos super jumenta terræ, et super volucres cæli erudit nos ?

Vulgate

ὁ διορίζων με ἀπὸ τετραπόδων γῆς, ἀπὸ δὲ πετεινῶν οὐρανοῦ;

LXX

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

ASV

מַ֭לְּפֵ/נוּ מִ/בַּהֲמ֣וֹת אָ֑רֶץ וּ/מֵ/ע֖וֹף הַ/שָּׁמַ֣יִם יְחַכְּמֵֽ/נוּ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
בְּהֵמָ֑ה
bhmh
noun · 189×
יְאַלֵּ֣ף
y'lp
verb · 4×
יֶחְכַּם
ychkm
verb · 28×
ע֣וֹף
'vp
noun · 71×
שָּׁמַ֔יִם
shmym
noun · 419×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

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Cross-references

  • Gen 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
  • Gen 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.
  • Isa 28:26 — For his God doth instruct him to discretion, and doth teach him.
  • Job 32:8 — But there is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding.
  • Job 32:8 — But there is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding.
  • Job 34:32 — That which I see not teach thou me: if I have done iniquity, I will do no more.
  • Job 36:22 — Behold, God exalteth by his power: who teacheth like him?
  • Job 36:22 — Behold, God exalteth by his power: who teacheth like him?
  • Job 39:17 — Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he imparted to her understanding.
  • Luke 12:24 — Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which neither have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them: how much more are ye better than the fowls?
  • Matt 6:26 — Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?
  • Prov 1:17 — Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.
  • Ps 32:9 — Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee.
  • Ps 94:10 — He that chastiseth the heathen, shall not he correct? he that teacheth man knowledge, shall not he know?
  • Ps 94:12 — Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O LORD, and teachest him out of thy law;