Ayub 35:11

35:11 who teaches us ¹  more than ²  the wild animals of the earth,

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

Ayub 39:17

39:17 For God deprived her of wisdom,

and did not impart understanding to her.

[35:11]  ¹ 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]  ² tn Some would render this “teaches us by the beasts.” But Elihu is stressing the unique privilege humans have.