John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 35:11
Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth ?.... Who are taught and know much, especially some of them; but not so much as man, see Isaiah 1:3 ; and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven ? who are wise to provide food and nests for themselves and their young; and such as are birds of passage, as the turtledove, the crane, the stork, and the swallow, to know the time of their coming and returning, see Jeremiah 8:7 . But then neither the beasts not; the fowls, though they are... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 35:9-13
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 which proud tyrants put upon poor people and the barbarous usage they give them, they make the... read more