God’s Word Translation
Job 36:2
2“Be patient with me a little longer, and I will show you that there is more to be said in God’s defense.
Job 36:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Suffer me a little, and I will shew thee that I have yet to speak on God’s behalf.
- New International Version (NIV)“Bear with me a little longer and I will show you that there is more to be said in God’s behalf.
- English Standard Version (ESV)"Bear with me a little, and I will show you, for I have yet something to say on God's behalf.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“Bear with me a little, and I will show you That there are yet words to speak on God’s behalf.
Context of Job 36:2
1Elihu continued to speak ⌞to Job⌟, “Be patient with me a little longer, and I will show you that there is more to be said in God’s defense. 3I will get my knowledge from far away and prove that my Creator is fair. 4Certainly, my words are not lies. The one who knows everything is ⌞speaking⌟ with you.
Read all of Job 36Job 36:2 word by word
כַּתַּר־לִ֣י זְ֭עֵיר וַאֲחַוֶּ֑ךָּ כִּ֤י ע֖וֹד לֶאֱל֣וֹהַּ מִלִּֽים׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 36:2
- Job 21:3Bear with me while I speak. Then after I’ve spoken, you may go on mocking.
- Job 33:31“Pay attention, Job! Listen to me! Keep quiet, and let me speak.
- Hebrews 13:22I urge you, brothers and sisters, to listen patiently to my encouraging words. I have written you a short letter.
- Job 13:7“Will you talk wickedly for God and talk deceitfully on his behalf?
- Job 33:6Indeed, I stand in front of God as you do. I, too, was formed from a piece of clay.
- Exodus 4:16Aaron will speak to the people for you. He will be your spokesman, and you will be like God.
- Jeremiah 15:19This is what the Lord says: If you will return, I will take you back. If you will speak what is worthwhile and not what is worthless, you will stand in my presence. The people will return to you, but you will not return to them.
- Ezekiel 2:7Speak my words to them whether they listen or not, because they are rebellious.
- 2 Corinthians 5:20Therefore, we are Christ’s representatives, and through us God is calling you. We beg you on behalf of Christ to become reunited with God.
Commentaries on Job 36:2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2That I have yet to speak on God's behalf - I have other proofs to allege in behalf of God's justice and providence.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2Suffer me a little - Even beyond the regular order of speaking; or, allow me to go on though I have fully occupied my place in the “number” of speeches. Jarchi remarks that this verse is “Chaldaic,” and it is worthy of observation that the principal words in it are not those ordinarily used in Hebrew to express the same thought, but are such as occur in the Chaldee. The word rendered “suffer” (כתר kâthar ) has here a signification which occurs only an…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-33Job 36:1-33. 1-2. Elihu maintains that afflictions are to the godly disciplinary, in order to lead them to attain a higher moral worth, and that the reason for their continuance is not, as the friends asserted, on account of the sufferer's extraordinary guilt, but because the discipline has not yet attained its object, namely, to lend him to humble himself penitently before God (Is 9:13; Jr 5:3). This is Elihu's fourth speech. He thus exceeds the ternary…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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