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Job 36:4
4For truly my words shall be no falsehood: one perfect in knowledge is with thee.
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
2Suffer me a little, and I will shew thee that I have yet words for God. 3I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Creator. For 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: 6He saveth not the wicked alive; but he doeth justice to the afflicted.
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כִּֽי־אָ֭מְנָם לֹא־שֶׁ֣קֶר מִלָּ֑י תְּמִ֖ים דֵּע֣וֹת עִמָּֽךְ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Job 36:4
- Job 13:4For ye indeed are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value.
- Job 21:27Lo, I know your thoughts, and the devices ye wrongfully imagine against me.
- Job 22:6For thou hast taken a pledge of thy brother for nought, and stripped off the clothing of the naked.
- Proverbs 8:7For my palate shall meditate truth, and wickedness is an abomination to my lips.
- 2 Corinthians 2:17For we do not, as the many, make a trade of the word of God; but as of sincerity, but as of God, before God, we speak in Christ.
- Job 37:16Dost thou know about the balancings of the clouds, the wondrous works of him that is perfect in knowledge?
- Luke 1:3it has seemed good to me also, accurately acquainted from the origin with all things, to write to thee with method, most excellent Theophilus,
- Acts 24:22And Felix, knowing accurately the things concerning the way, adjourned them, saying, When Lysias the chiliarch is come down I will determine your affair;
- 1 Corinthians 14:20Brethren, be not children in [your] minds, but in malice be babes; but in [your] minds be grown [men].
- Colossians 4:12Epaphras, who is [one] of you, [the] bondman of Christ Jesus, salutes you, always combating earnestly for you in prayers, to the end that ye may stand perfect and complete in all [the] will of God.
- 2 Timothy 3:16Every scripture [is] divinely inspired, and profitable for teaching, for conviction, for correction, for instruction in righteousness;
- Psalms 49:3My mouth shall speak wisdom, and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding:
- Proverbs 22:20Have not I written to thee 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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