Job 20:27
Context20:27 The heavens reveal his iniquity;
the earth rises up against him.
Job 26:11
Context26:11 The pillars 1 of the heavens tremble
and are amazed at his rebuke. 2
Job 35:11
Context35:11 who teaches us 3 more than 4 the wild animals of the earth,
and makes us wiser than the birds of the sky?’


[26:11] 1 sn H. H. Rowley (Job [NCBC], 173) says these are the great mountains, perceived to hold up the sky.
[26:11] 2 sn The idea here is that when the earth quakes, or when there is thunder in the heavens, these all represent God’s rebuke, for they create terror.
[35:11] 1 tn The form in the text, the Piel participle from אָלַף (’alaf, “teach”) is written in a contracted form; the full form is מְאַלְּפֵנוּ (mÿ’allÿfenu).
[35:11] 2 tn Some would render this “teaches us by the beasts.” But Elihu is stressing the unique privilege humans have.