Job 35:11

NETBible

who teaches us 1  more than 2  the wild animals of the earth, and makes us wiser than the birds of the sky?’

NIV ©

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

NASB ©

Who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth And makes us wiser than the birds of the heavens?’

NLT ©

Where is the one who makes us wiser than the animals and birds?’

MSG ©

When God sets out the entire creation as a science classroom, using birds and beasts to teach wisdom.

BBE ©

Who gives us more knowledge than the beasts of the earth, and makes us wiser than the birds of the heaven?

NRSV ©

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

NKJV ©

Who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth, And makes us wiser than the birds of heaven?’

KJV
Who teacheth
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and maketh us wiser
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than the fowls
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of heaven
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NASB ©
Who teaches
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And makes
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NET [draft] ITL
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us more than the wild animals
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of the earth
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, and makes us wiser
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than the birds
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NETBible

who teaches us 1  more than 2  the wild animals of the earth, and makes us wiser than the birds of the sky?’

NET Notes

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).

2 tn Some would render this “teaches us by the beasts.” But Elihu is stressing the unique privilege humans have.