New King James Version
Job 36:2
2“Bear with me a little, and I will show you That there are yet words to speak on God’s behalf.
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 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 also proceeded and said: “Bear with me a little, and I will show you That there are yet words to speak on God’s behalf. 3I will fetch my knowledge from afar; I will ascribe righteousness to my Maker. 4For truly my words are not false; One who is perfect in knowledge is 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 that I may speak, And after I have spoken, keep mocking.
- Job 33:31“Give ear, Job, listen to me; Hold your peace, and I will speak.
- Hebrews 13:22And I appeal to you, brethren, bear with the word of exhortation, for I have written to you in few words.
- Job 13:7Will you speak wickedly for God, And talk deceitfully for Him?
- Job 33:6Truly I am as your spokesman before God; I also have been formed out of clay.
- Exodus 4:16So he shall be your spokesman to the people. And he himself shall be as a mouth for you, and you shall be to him as God.
- Jeremiah 15:19Therefore thus says the Lord: “If you return, Then I will bring you back; You shall stand before Me; If you take out the precious from the vile, You shall be as My mouth. Let them return to you, But you must not return to them.
- Ezekiel 2:7You shall speak My words to them, whether they hear or whether they refuse, for they are rebellious.
- 2 Corinthians 5:20Now then, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were pleading 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
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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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