Job 36:2

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 said further: “Be patient with me a little longer and I will instruct you, for I still have words to speak on God’s behalf. 3With my knowledge I will speak comprehensively, and to my Creator I will ascribe righteousness. 4For in truth, my words are not false; it is one complete in knowledge who is with you.

Job 36:2 word by word

כַּתַּר־לִ֣י זְ֭עֵיר וַאֲחַוֶּ֑ךָּ כִּ֤י ע֖וֹד לֶאֱל֣וֹהַּ מִלִּֽים׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Sufferכָּתַרkâthar · to surroundH3803
• me a littleזְעֵירze‛êyr · littleH2191
• and I will shewחָוָהchâvâh · to explainH2331
• yet to speakמִלָּהmillâh milleh · speechH4405
• on God’sאֱלֹהַּ'ĕlôahh 'ĕlôahh · godH433

Cross-references for Job 36:2

• Job 21:3Bear with me and I will speak, and after I have spoken you may mock.
• Job 33:31Pay attention, Job – listen to me; be silent, and I will speak.
• Hebrews 13:22Now I urge you, brothers and sisters, bear with my message of exhortation, for in fact I have written to you briefly.
• Job 13:7Will you speak wickedly on God’s behalf? Will you speak deceitfully for him?
• Job 33:6Look, I am just like you in relation to God; I too have been molded from clay.
• Exodus 4:16He will speak for you to the people, and it will be as if he were your mouth and as if you were his God.
• Jeremiah 15:19Because of this, the Lord said, “You must repent of such words and thoughts! If you do, I will restore you to the privilege of serving me. If you say what is worthwhile instead of what is worthless, I will again allow you to be my spokesman. They must become as you have been. You must not become like them.
• Ezekiel 2:7You must speak my words to them whether they listen or not, for they are rebellious.
• 2 Corinthians 5:20Therefore we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making His plea through us. We plead with you on Christ’s behalf, “Be reconciled to 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

In the dictionaries

• Ascribe
• Elihu
• Esteem
• Hang
• Behalf
• God

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