11Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?
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Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O LORD, and teachest him out of thy law;
But there is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding.
Behold, God exalteth by his power: who teacheth like him?
And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
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 fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 9-13)Elihu here returns an answer to another word that Job had said, which, he thought, reflected much upon the justice and goodness of God, and therefore ought not to pass without a remark. Observe, I. What it was that Job complained of; it was this, That God did not regard the cries of the oppressed against their oppressors (Job 35:9): “ By reason of the multitude of oppressions , the many hardships…
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