Ayub 34:1

Elihu’s Second Speech ¹ 

34:1 Elihu answered:

Ayub 35:11

35:11 who teaches us ²  more than ³  the wild animals of the earth,

and makes us wiser than the birds of the sky?’

[34:1]  ¹ sn This speech of Elihu focuses on defending God. It can be divided into these sections: Job is irreligious (2-9), God is just (10-15), God is impartial and omniscient (16-30), Job is foolish to rebel (31-37).

[35:11]  ² 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).

[35:11]  ³ tn Some would render this “teaches us by the beasts.” But Elihu is stressing the unique privilege humans have.