Job

Job 35:10–12

¹⁰But no one asks, ‘Where is God my Maker,

who gives us songs in the night,

¹¹who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth

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

¹²There they cry out, but He does not answer,

because of the pride of evil men.

Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
But no	וְֽלֹא־	wə·lō-	Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
one asks	אָמַ֗ר	’ā·mar	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H559 utter, say
Where	אַ֭יֵּה	’ay·yêh	Interrogative	H346 Where?
God	אֱל֣וֹהַּ	’ĕ·lō·w·ah	Noun - masculine singular	H433 god, God
my Maker	עֹשָׂ֑י	‘ō·śāy	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct; first person common singular	H6213 do, make
who gives us	נֹתֵ֖ן	nō·ṯên	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular	H5414 give, put, set
songs	זְמִר֣וֹת	zə·mi·rō·wṯ	Noun - masculine plural	H2158 song
in the night	בַּלָּֽיְלָה׃	bal·lā·yə·lāh	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H3915 twist, night, adversity

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
who teaches us	מַ֭לְּפֵנוּ	mal·lə·p̄ê·nū	Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular construct; first person common plural	H502 learn
more than the beasts	מִבַּהֲמ֣וֹת	mib·ba·hă·mō·wṯ	Preposition-m; Noun - feminine plural construct	H929 beast, animal, cattle
of the earth	אָ֑רֶץ	’ā·reṣ	Noun - feminine singular	H776 earth, land
and makes us wiser	יְחַכְּמֵֽנוּ׃	yə·ḥak·kə·mê·nū	Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular; first person common plural	H2449 be wise
than the birds	וּמֵע֖וֹף	ū·mê·‘ō·wp̄	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular construct	H5775 flying creatures, fowl, insects
of the air	הַשָּׁמַ֣יִם	haš·šā·ma·yim	Article; Noun - masculine plural	H8064 sky, aloft

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
There	שָׁ֣ם	šām	Adverb	H8033 there, thither
they cry out	יִ֭צְעֲקוּ	yiṣ·‘ă·qū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H6817 cry, cry out, call
but He does not	וְלֹ֣א	wə·lō	Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
answer	יַעֲנֶ֑ה	ya·‘ă·neh	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H6030 answer, respond
because of	מִ֝פְּנֵ֗י	mip·pə·nê	Preposition-m; Noun - common plural construct	H6440 face, before
the pride	גְּא֣וֹן	gə·’ō·wn	Noun - masculine singular construct	H1347 exaltation
of evil men	רָעִֽים׃	rā·‘îm	Adjective - masculine plural	H7451 bad, evil

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Job 35:10 Psalm 42:8 · Acts 16:25 · Psalm 149:5 · Psalm 77:6 · Isaiah 51:13 · Isaiah 54:5 · Job 36:13 · Ecclesiastes 12:1 · 1 Peter 4:19

Job 35:11 Psalm 94:12 · Job 32:8 · Job 36:22 · Genesis 2:7 · Genesis 1:26

Job 35:12 John 9:31 · Proverbs 1:28 · Psalm 123:3–4

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.