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Job 36:4
4For truly my words are not false; He who is perfect in knowledge is with you.
Job 36:4 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For truly my words shall not be false: he that is perfect in knowledge is with thee.
- New International Version (NIV)Be assured that my words are not false; one who has perfect knowledge is with you.
- English Standard Version (ESV)For truly my words are not false; one who is perfect in knowledge is with you.
- New King James Version (NKJV)For truly my words are not false; One who is perfect in knowledge is with you.
Context of Job 36:4
2“Bear with me a little longer, and I will show you, That there is yet more to say on God’s behalf. 3I will bring my knowledge from afar, And will ascribe righteousness to my Maker. For truly my words are not false; He who is perfect in knowledge is with you. 5Behold, God is mighty, and yet does not despise anyone [nor regard any as trivial]; He is mighty in the strength and power of understanding. 6He does not prolong the life of the wicked, But gives the afflicted their justice.
Read all of Job 36Job 36:4 word by word
כִּֽי־אָ֭מְנָם לֹא־שֶׁ֣קֶר מִלָּ֑י תְּמִ֖ים דֵּע֣וֹת עִמָּֽךְ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 36:4
- Job 13:4But you smear me with lies [you defame my character most untruthfully]; You are all worthless physicians and have no remedy to offer.
- Job 21:27“Behold, I know your thoughts, And the plots by which you would wrong me.
- Job 22:6For you have taken pledges of your brothers without cause, And stripped men naked.
- Proverbs 8:7For my mouth will utter truth, And wickedness is repulsive and loathsome to my lips.
- 2 Corinthians 2:17For we are not like many, [acting like merchants] peddling God’s word [shortchanging and adulterating God’s message]; but from pure [uncompromised] motives, as [commissioned and sent] from God, we speak [His message] in Christ in the sight of God.
- Job 37:16Do you know about the layers of thick clouds [and how they are balanced and poised in the heavens], The wonderful works of Him who is perfect in knowledge,
- Luke 1:3it seemed fitting for me as well, [and so I have decided] after having carefully searched out and investigated all the events accurately, from the very beginning, to write an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus;
- Acts 24:22But Felix, having a rather accurate understanding about the Way, put them off, saying, “When Lysias the commander comes down, I will decide your case.”
- 1 Corinthians 14:20Brothers and sisters, do not be children [immature, childlike] in your thinking; be infants in [matters of] evil [completely innocent and inexperienced], but in your minds be mature [adults].
- Colossians 4:12Epaphras, who is one of you and a bond-servant of Christ Jesus, sends you greetings. [He is] always striving for you in his prayers, praying with genuine concern, [pleading] that you may [as people of character and courage] stand firm, [spiritually mature] and fully assured in all the will of God.
- 2 Timothy 3:16All Scripture is God-breathed [given by divine inspiration] and is profitable for instruction, for conviction [of sin], for correction [of error and restoration to obedience], for training in righteousness [learning to live in conformity to God’s will, both publicly and privately—behaving honorably with personal integrity and moral courage];
- Psalms 49:3My mouth will speak wisdom, And the meditation of my heart will be understanding.
- Proverbs 22:20Have I not written to you excellent things In counsels and knowledge,
Commentaries on Job 36:4
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4My words shall not be false - My words shall be truth without falsity. He that is perfect in knowledge is with thee - "The perfection of knowledge is with thee." Thou art a sensible, well-informed man, and will be able to judge of what I say.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4For truly my words shall not be false - This is designed to conciliate attention. It is a professed purpose to state nothing but truth. Even in order to vindicate the ways of God he would state nothing but what would bear the most rigid examination. Job had charged on his friends a purpose “to speak wickedly for God;” to make use of unsound arguments in vindicating his cause, (see the notes at Job 13:7-8), and Elihu now says that “he” will make use of no…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4one who is perfect in knowledge is with you: Elihu probably was claiming to be sincere or that his logic had no flaw.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. I will not "speak wickedly for God," as the friends (Job 13:4, 7, 8)--that is, vindicate God by unsound arguments. he that is perfect, &c.--Rather, as the parallelism requires, "a man of integrity in sentiments is with thee" (is he with whom thou hast to do). Elihu means himself, as opposed to the dishonest reasonings of the friends (Job 21:34).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 36
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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