Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?
The verse stands within Elihu's continuing speech covering Job 34-37. There it belongs to his argument pressing that Job is not great and that God is everything. It declares that God instructs human beings beyond the beasts of the earth and makes them wiser than the birds of heaven, distinguishing people by the understanding He gives them.
Whatever wisdom and understanding man possesses above the animals, such as the ostrich, derives from God. That human understanding is imparted by the spirit in man and by the inspiration of the Almighty. Even those who employ that God-given wisdom to deny that there is a God received it from Him.
The verse stands within Elihu's continuing speech covering Job 34-37. There it belongs to his argument pressing that Job is not great and that God is everything. It declares that God instructs human beings beyond the beasts of the earth and makes them wiser than the birds of heaven, distinguishing people by the understanding He gives them.
Whatever wisdom and understanding man possesses above the animals, such as the ostrich, derives from God. That human understanding is imparted by the spirit in man and by the inspiration of the Almighty. Even those who employ that God-given wisdom to deny that there is a God received it from Him.