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 also proceeded, and said, Suffer me a little, and I will shew thee: for I have yet somewhat to say on God’s behalf. 3I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker. 4For truly my words are not false: one that is perfect in knowledge is with thee.

Job 36:2 word by word

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

• meכִּיkîy · forH3588
• littleזְעֵירze‛êyr · littleH2191
• sayמִלָּהmillâh milleh · speechH4405
• God’sאֱלֹהַּ'ĕlôahh 'ĕlôahh · godH433

Cross-references for Job 36:2

• Job 21:3Suffer me, and I also will speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on.
• Job 33:31Mark well, O Job, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I will speak.
• Hebrews 13:22But I exhort you, brethren, bear with the word of exhortation: for I have written unto you in few words.
• Job 13:7Will ye speak unrighteously for God, and talk deceitfully for him?
• Job 33:6Behold, I am toward God even as thou art: I also am formed out of the clay.
• Exodus 4:16And he shall be thy spokesman unto the people: and it shall come to pass, that he shall be to thee a mouth, and thou shalt be to him as God.
• Jeremiah 15:19Therefore thus saith the LORD, If thou return, then will I bring thee again, that thou mayest stand before me; and if thou take forth the precious from the vile, thou shalt be as my mouth: they shall return unto thee, but thou shalt not return unto them.
• Ezekiel 2:7And thou shalt speak my words unto them, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear: for they are most rebellious.
• 2 Corinthians 5:20We are ambassadors therefore on behalf of Christ, as though God were entreating by us: we beseech you on behalf of Christ, be ye 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