Job 36:3

Job 36:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.
• New International Version (NIV)I get my knowledge from afar; I will ascribe justice to my Maker.
• English Standard Version (ESV)I will get my knowledge from afar and ascribe righteousness to my Maker.
• New King James Version (NKJV)I will fetch my knowledge from afar; I will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.

Context of Job 36:3

1And Elihu proceeded and said, 2Suffer me a little, and I will shew thee that I have yet words for God. I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Creator. 4For truly my words shall be no falsehood: one perfect in knowledge is with thee. 5Lo, God is mighty, but despiseth not [any]; mighty in strength of understanding:

Job 36:3 word by word

אֶשָּׂ֣א דֵ֭עִי לְמֵרָח֑וֹק וּ֝לְפֹעֲלִ֗י אֶֽתֵּֽן־צֶֽדֶק׃Read the interlinear

• knowledgeדֵּעַdêa‛ · knowledgeH1843
• afarרָחֹקrâchôq râchôq · distantH7350
• righteousnessצֶ֫דֶקtsedeq · righteousnessH6664

Cross-references for Job 36:3

• Job 28:12But wisdom, where shall it be found? and where is the place of understanding?
• Job 32:8But there is a spirit which is in man; and the breath of the Almighty giveth them understanding.
• Proverbs 2:4if thou seekest her as silver and searchest for her as for hidden treasures:
• Matthew 2:1Now Jesus having been born in Bethlehem of Judaea, in the days of Herod the king, behold magi from the east arrived at Jerusalem, saying,
• Matthew 12:42A queen of [the] south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it; for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, more than Solomon [is] here.
• Acts 8:27And he rose up and went. And lo, an Ethiopian, a eunuch, a man in power under Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who was over all her treasure, who had come to worship at Jerusalem,
• Romans 10:6But the righteousness of faith speaks thus: Do not say in thine heart, Who shall ascend to the heavens? that is, to bring Christ down;
• James 1:5But if any one of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all freely and reproaches not, and it shall be given to him:
• James 3:17But the wisdom from above first is pure, then peaceful, gentle, yielding, full of mercy and good fruits, unquestioning, unfeigned.
• Job 32:2Then was kindled the anger of Elihu the son of Barachel, the Buzite, of the family of Ram: against Job was his anger kindled, because he justified himself rather than God;
• Job 34:5For Job hath said, I am righteous, and God hath taken away my judgment:
• Deuteronomy 32:4[He is] the Rock, his work is perfect, For all his ways are righteousness; A God of faithfulness without deceit, Just and right is he.
• Psalms 11:7For righteous is Jehovah; he loveth righteousness, his countenance doth behold the upright.
• Psalms 145:17Jehovah is righteous in all his ways, and kind in all his works.
• Jeremiah 12:1Righteous art thou, Jehovah, when I plead with thee; yet will I speak with thee of [thy] judgments. Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? [wherefore] are all they at ease that deal very treacherously?
• Daniel 9:7Thine, O Lord, is the righteousness, but unto us confusion of face, as at this day, to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto all Israel, that are near, and that are far off, in all the countries whither thou hast driven them, because of their unfaithfulness in which they have been unfaithful against thee.

Commentaries on Job 36:3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3I will fetch my knowledge from afar - למרחוק lemerachok, "from the distant place," meaning probably both remote antiquity and heaven; see below. I will show thee that all antiquity and experience are on my side. I can bring proofs from the remotest ages and from the most distant countries to demonstrate that God is infinitely Wise, and can do nothing foolish or erroneous; that he is infinitely Powerful, and can bring all the purposes of his wisdom to…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3I will fetch my knowledge from afar - What I say shall not be mere commonplace. It shall be the result of reflection on subjects that lie out of the ordinary range of thought. The idea is, that he did not mean to go over the ground that had been already trodden, or to suggest such reflections as would occur to anyone, but that he meant to bring his illustrations from abstruser matters, and from things that had escaped their attention. He in fact appeals…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. from afar--not trite commonplaces, but drawn from God's mighty works. ascribe righteousness--whereas Job ascribed unrighteousness (Job 34:10, 12). A man, in enquiring into God's ways, should at the outset presume they are all just, be willing to find them so, and expect that the result of investigation will prove them to be so; such a one will never be disappointed [Barnes].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