New International Version
Job 36:3
3I get my knowledge from afar; I will ascribe justice to my Maker.
Job 36:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)I will present profound arguments for the righteousness of my Creator.
Context of Job 36:3
1Elihu continued: 2“Bear with me a little longer and I will show you that there is more to be said in God’s behalf. I 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. 5“God is mighty, but despises no one; he is mighty, and firm in his purpose.
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אֶשָּׂ֣א דֵ֭עִי לְמֵרָח֑וֹק וּ֝לְפֹעֲלִ֗י אֶֽתֵּֽן־צֶֽדֶק׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 36:3
- Job 28:12But where can wisdom be found? Where does understanding dwell?
- Job 32:8But it is the spirit in a person, the breath of the Almighty, that gives them understanding.
- Proverbs 2:4and if you look for it as for silver and search for it as for hidden treasure,
- Matthew 2:1After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem
- Matthew 12:42The Queen of the South will rise at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for she came from the ends of the earth to listen to Solomon’s wisdom, and now something greater than Solomon is here.
- Acts 8:27So he started out, and on his way he met an Ethiopian eunuch, an important official in charge of all the treasury of the Kandake (which means “queen of the Ethiopians”). This man had gone to Jerusalem to worship,
- Romans 10:6But the righteousness that is by faith says: “Do not say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’ ” (that is, to bring Christ down)
- James 1:5If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you.
- James 3:17But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure; then peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere.
- Job 32:2But Elihu son of Barakel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, became very angry with Job for justifying himself rather than God.
- Job 34:5“Job says, ‘I am innocent, but God denies me justice.
- Deuteronomy 32:4He is the Rock, his works are perfect, and all his ways are just. A faithful God who does no wrong, upright and just is he.
- Psalms 11:7For the Lord is righteous, he loves justice; the upright will see his face.
- Psalms 145:17The Lord is righteous in all his ways and faithful in all he does.
- Jeremiah 12:1You are always righteous, Lord, when I bring a case before you. Yet I would speak with you about your justice: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all the faithless live at ease?
- Daniel 9:7“Lord, you are righteous, but this day we are covered with shame—the people of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem and all Israel, both near and far, in all the countries where you have scattered us because of our unfaithfulness to 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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