Why did Iblis say he was better than the one that Allah created out of clay?

TRIV Why did Iblis say he was better than the one that Allah created out of clay?

For them is drink of boiling water and a painful doom, because they disbelieved. 6:70

I [Iblis] am better than him. Thou createdst me of fire, whilst him Thou didst create of clay. 38:76

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