New American Standard Bible 1995
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
1Then Elihu continued and said, 2“Wait for me a little, and I will show you That there is yet more to be said in God’s behalf. I will fetch my knowledge from afar, And I will ascribe righteousness to my Maker. 4For truly my words are not false; One who is perfect in knowledge is with you. 5Behold, God is mighty but does not despise any; He is mighty in strength of understanding.
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אֶשָּׂ֣א דֵ֭עִי לְמֵרָח֑וֹק וּ֝לְפֹעֲלִ֗י אֶֽתֵּֽן־צֶֽדֶק׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Job 36:3
- Job 28:12“But where can wisdom be found? And where is the place of understanding?
- Job 32:8But it is a spirit in man, And the breath of the Almighty gives them understanding.
- Proverbs 2:4If you seek her as silver And search for her as for hidden treasures;
- Matthew 2:1Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem, saying,
- Matthew 12:42The Queen of the South will rise up with this generation at the judgment and will condemn it, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, something greater than Solomon is here.
- Acts 8:27So he got up and went; and there was an Ethiopian eunuch, a court official of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who was in charge of all her treasure; and he had come to Jerusalem to worship,
- Romans 10:6But the righteousness based on faith speaks as follows: “Do not say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’ (that is, to bring Christ down),
- James 1:5But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all generously and without reproach, and it will be given to him.
- James 3:17But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, unwavering, without hypocrisy.
- Job 32:2But the anger of Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram burned; against Job his anger burned because he justified himself before God.
- Job 34:5For Job has said, ‘I am righteous, But God has taken away my right;
- Deuteronomy 32:4The Rock! His work is perfect, For all His ways are just; A God of faithfulness and without injustice, Righteous and upright is He.
- Psalms 11:7For the Lord is righteous, He loves righteousness; The upright will behold His face.
- Psalms 145:17The Lord is righteous in all His ways And kind in all His deeds.
- Jeremiah 12:1Righteous are You, O Lord, that I would plead my case with You; Indeed I would discuss matters of justice with You: Why has the way of the wicked prospered? Why are all those who deal in treachery at ease?
- Daniel 9:7“Righteousness belongs to You, O Lord, but to us open shame, as it is this day--to the men of Judah, the inhabitants of Jerusalem and all Israel, those who are nearby and those who are far away in all the countries to which You have driven them, because of their unfaithful deeds which they have committed against You.
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
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