Job 35:11

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

מַ֭לְּפֵנוּ מִבַּהֲמ֣וֹת אָ֑רֶץ וּמֵע֖וֹף הַשָּׁמַ֣יִם יְחַכְּמֵֽנוּ׃

Transliteration

mallpēnû mibbahămôt ʾāreṣ û-mēʿôf haššāmayim yəḥakkəmēnû

Grammar Details

*mallpēnû*: masculine singular participle + 1st plural suffix - teaching us
*mibbahămôt*: preposition + feminine plural noun - from the beasts/animals
*ʾāreṣ*: feminine singular noun - earth/land
*û-mēʿôf*: conjunction + preposition + masculine singular noun - and from the birds/fowl
*haššāmayim*: definite article + masculine plural noun - the heavens/sky
*yəḥakkəmēnû*: imperfect, 3rd masculine singular + 1st plural suffix - he makes us wise

Word Meanings

*mallpēnû*: teaching us/instructing us
*bahămôt*: beasts/animals/cattle
*ʾāreṣ*: earth/land/ground
*ʿôf*: birds/fowl/flying creatures
*šāmayim*: heavens/sky
*yəḥakkəmēnû*: makes us wise/teaches us wisdom

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
Stable, longstanding scholarly text

⚠️ Considerations

Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Ps 94:12 : 12 Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O Jehovah, And teachest out of thy law;
Job 36:22 : 22 Behold, God doeth loftily in his power: Who is a teacher like unto him?
Gen 1:26 : 26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
Gen 2:7 : 7 And Jehovah God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
Job 32:8 : 8 But there is a spirit in man, And the breath of the Almighty giveth them understanding.

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