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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)“Let me go on, and I will show you the truth. For I have not finished defending God!

Context of Job 36:2

1Elihu continued: “Bear with me a little longer and I will show you that there is more to be said in God’s behalf. 3I get my knowledge from afar; I will ascribe justice to my Maker. 4Be assured that my words are not false; one who has perfect knowledge 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 while I speak, and after I have spoken, mock on.
• Job 33:31“Pay attention, Job, and listen to me; be silent, and I will speak.
• Hebrews 13:22Brothers and sisters, I urge you to bear with my word of exhortation, for in fact I have written to you quite briefly.
• Job 13:7Will you speak wickedly on God’s behalf? Will you speak deceitfully for him?
• Job 33:6I am the same as you in God’s sight; I too am a piece of clay.
• Exodus 4:16He will speak to the people for you, and it will be as if he were your mouth and as if you were God to him.
• Jeremiah 15:19Therefore this is what the Lord says: “If you repent, I will restore you that you may serve me; if you utter worthy, not worthless, words, you will be my spokesman. Let this people turn to you, but you must not turn to them.
• Ezekiel 2:7You must speak my words to them, whether they listen or fail to listen, for they are rebellious.
• 2 Corinthians 5:20We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore 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