The Meaning of Job 35:11 Explained

Job 35:11

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

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?

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

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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?

Context Summary

Job 35:1-16 - Songs In The Night
God is so exalted above man in His nature that He is altogether independent of him. When men sin against Him, they hurt not Him but themselves. There is no motive, therefore, of retaliation or revenge in His chastisements. "Not for His pleasure," the Holy Ghost saith in another place, "but for our profit," Hebrews 12:10.
Instead of seeking after God our Maker, who can give songs in the darkest night that ever befell a human spirit, we are too apt to despair. Instead of crying to God, we cry against Him. We murmur and complain. We arraign God. There is our pride, Job 35:12. We regard iniquity in our heart, and God cannot answer us until we change our note for one of loving, trustful submission. God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.
Let us change our temper and our note. Have done with the proud self-will that chafes and argues and complains. This will not speed thy cause at God's bar. Humble thyself under His mighty hand, and He will exalt thee. "The meek He will teach His way." [source]

Chapter Summary: Job 35

1  Comparison is not to be made with God,
6  because our good or evil cannot extend unto him
9  Many cry in their afflictions, but are not heard for lack of faith

What do the individual words in Job 35:11 mean?

who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth and than the birds of heaven makes us wiser
מַ֭לְּפֵנוּ מִבַּהֲמ֣וֹת אָ֑רֶץ וּמֵע֖וֹף הַשָּׁמַ֣יִם ؟ יְחַכְּמֵֽנוּ

מַ֭לְּפֵנוּ  who  teaches  us 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Participle, masculine singular construct, first person common plural
Root: אָלַף  
Sense: to learn.
מִבַּהֲמ֣וֹת  more  than  the  beasts 
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, feminine plural construct
Root: בְּהֵמָה  
Sense: beast, cattle, animal.
אָ֑רֶץ  of  the  earth 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: אֶרֶץ  
Sense: land, earth.
וּמֵע֖וֹף  and  than  the  birds 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: עֹוף  
Sense: flying creatures, fowl, insects, birds.
הַשָּׁמַ֣יִם  of  heaven 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: שָׁמַיִם  
Sense: heaven, heavens, sky.
؟ יְחַכְּמֵֽנוּ  makes  us  wiser 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Imperfect, third person masculine singular, first person common plural
Root: חָכַם  
Sense: to be wise.

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