Parallel Verses

Amplified


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

New American Standard Bible

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

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

who gives us more understanding than the animals of the earth
and makes us wiser than the birds of the sky?”

International Standard Version

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

A Conservative Version

who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth, and makes us wiser than the birds of the heavens?

American Standard Version

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

Bible in Basic English

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

Darby Translation

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

Julia Smith Translation

And who teacheth us from the cattle of the earth, and he will make us wise above the birds of the heavens?

King James 2000

Who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth, and makes us wiser than the fowls of heaven?

Lexham Expanded Bible

[who] teaches us more than [the] animals of [the] earth and makes us wiser than the birds of the heavens?'

Modern King James verseion

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

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Which giveth us more understanding than he doth the beasts of the earth, and teacheth us more than the fouls of heaven?'

NET Bible

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

New Heart English Bible

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

The Emphasized Bible

Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and, beyond the bird of the heavens, giveth us wisdom?

Webster

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

World English Bible

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

Youngs Literal Translation

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

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
אלף 
'alph 
Usage: 4

us more than the beasts
בּהמה 
B@hemah 
Usage: 190

of the earth
ארץ 
'erets 
Usage: 2504

and maketh us wiser
חכם 
Chakam 
Usage: 27

than the fowls
עוף 
`owph 
Usage: 71

References

Watsons

Context Readings

Elihu Condemns Job

10
“But no one says, ‘Where is God my Maker,
Who gives songs [of rejoicing] in the night,
11 
Who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth
And makes us wiser than the birds of the heavens?’
12
“The people cry out, but He does not answer
Because of the pride of evil men.



Cross References

Psalm 94:12


Blessed [with wisdom and prosperity] is the man whom You discipline and instruct, O Lord,
And whom You teach from Your law,

Job 36:22


“Behold, God is exalted in His power;
Who is a ruler or a teacher like Him?

Genesis 1:26

Then God said, “Let Us (Father, Son, Holy Spirit) make man in Our image, according to Our likeness [not physical, but a spiritual personality and moral likeness]; and let them have complete authority over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, the cattle, and over the entire earth, and over everything that creeps and crawls on the earth.”

Genesis 2:7

then the Lord God formed [that is, created the body of] man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and the man became a living being [an individual complete in body and spirit].

Job 32:8


“But there is [a vital force and] a spirit [of intelligence] in man,
And the breath of the Almighty gives them understanding.

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