King James Version

Job 35:11

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

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מַ֭לְּפֵנוּmalfenvlearnאָלַףverb, piel, participle, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, plural — “learn”, a verb used as a describing wordH502hence, to learn (and causatively to teach)learn, teach, utter.מִבַּהֲמ֣וֹתmibahamotfrom beastבְּהֵמָהpreposition, noun, common, feminine, plural, construct — “from beast”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH929properly, a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal (often collective)beast, cattle.אָ֑רֶץaretsearthאֶרֶץnoun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “earth”, the ordinary formH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.וּמֵע֖וֹףumeofand from birdעוֹףconjunction, preposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “and from bird”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5775a bird (as covered with feathers, or rather as covering with wings), often collectivelybird, that flieth, flying, fowl.הַשָּׁמַ֣יִםhashamayimthe heavenשָׁמַיִםdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “the heaven”, the ordinary formH8064the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)air, [idiom] astrologer, heaven(-s).יְחַכְּמֵֽנוּyechakmenvbe wiseחָכַםverb, piel, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, plural — “be wise”, an unfinished actionH2449to be wise (in mind, word or act)[idiom] exceeding, teach wisdom, be (make self, shew self) wise, deal (never so) wisely, make wiser.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

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

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

Teaching us more than the beasts of the earth, Yea, than the fowl of the heavens He maketh us wiser.'

World English Bible

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

Darby Translation

Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowl of the heavens?

Douay-Rheims

Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and instructeth us more than the fowls of the air.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

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

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

who makes me to differ from the four-footed beasts of the earth, and from the birds of the sky?

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

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