New Living Translation
Job 36:4
4I am telling you nothing but the truth, for I am a man of great knowledge.
Job 36:4 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For truly my words shall not be false: he that is perfect in knowledge is with thee.
- New International Version (NIV)Be assured that my words are not false; one who has perfect knowledge is with you.
- English Standard Version (ESV)For truly my words are not false; one who is perfect in knowledge is with you.
- New King James Version (NKJV)For truly my words are not false; One who is perfect in knowledge is with you.
Context of Job 36:4
2“Let me go on, and I will show you the truth. For I have not finished defending God! 3I will present profound arguments for the righteousness of my Creator. I am telling you nothing but the truth, for I am a man of great knowledge. 5“God is mighty, but he does not despise anyone! He is mighty in both power and understanding. 6He does not let the wicked live but gives justice to the afflicted.
Read all of Job 36Job 36:4 word by word
כִּֽי־אָ֭מְנָם לֹא־שֶׁ֣קֶר מִלָּ֑י תְּמִ֖ים דֵּע֣וֹת עִמָּֽךְ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 36:4
- Job 13:4As for you, you smear me with lies. As physicians, you are worthless quacks.
- Job 21:27“Look, I know what you’re thinking. I know the schemes you plot against me.
- Job 22:6“For example, you must have lent money to your friend and demanded clothing as security. Yes, you stripped him to the bone.
- Proverbs 8:7for I speak the truth and detest every kind of deception.
- 2 Corinthians 2:17You see, we are not like the many hucksters who preach for personal profit. We preach the word of God with sincerity and with Christ’s authority, knowing that God is watching us.
- Job 37:16Do you understand how he moves the clouds with wonderful perfection and skill?
- Luke 1:3Having carefully investigated everything from the beginning, I also have decided to write an accurate account for you, most honorable Theophilus,
- Acts 24:22At that point Felix, who was quite familiar with the Way, adjourned the hearing and said, “Wait until Lysias, the garrison commander, arrives. Then I will decide the case.”
- 1 Corinthians 14:20Dear brothers and sisters, don’t be childish in your understanding of these things. Be innocent as babies when it comes to evil, but be mature in understanding matters of this kind.
- Colossians 4:12Epaphras, a member of your own fellowship and a servant of Christ Jesus, sends you his greetings. He always prays earnestly for you, asking God to make you strong and perfect, fully confident that you are following the whole will of God.
- 2 Timothy 3:16All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful to teach us what is true and to make us realize what is wrong in our lives. It corrects us when we are wrong and teaches us to do what is right.
- Psalms 49:3For my words are wise, and my thoughts are filled with insight.
- Proverbs 22:20I have written thirty sayings for you, filled with advice and knowledge.
Commentaries on Job 36:4
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4My words shall not be false - My words shall be truth without falsity. He that is perfect in knowledge is with thee - "The perfection of knowledge is with thee." Thou art a sensible, well-informed man, and will be able to judge of what I say.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4For truly my words shall not be false - This is designed to conciliate attention. It is a professed purpose to state nothing but truth. Even in order to vindicate the ways of God he would state nothing but what would bear the most rigid examination. Job had charged on his friends a purpose “to speak wickedly for God;” to make use of unsound arguments in vindicating his cause, (see the notes at Job 13:7-8), and Elihu now says that “he” will make use of no…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4one who is perfect in knowledge is with you: Elihu probably was claiming to be sincere or that his logic had no flaw.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. I will not "speak wickedly for God," as the friends (Job 13:4, 7, 8)--that is, vindicate God by unsound arguments. he that is perfect, &c.--Rather, as the parallelism requires, "a man of integrity in sentiments is with thee" (is he with whom thou hast to do). Elihu means himself, as opposed to the dishonest reasonings of the friends (Job 21:34).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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