Revised Webster's Bible
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, Bear with me a little, and I will show thee that I have yet to speak on God’s behalf. 3I will bring my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker. 4For truly my words shall not be false: he that is perfect in knowledge is with thee.
Read all of Job 36Job 36:2 word by word
כַּתַּר־לִ֣י זְ֭עֵיר וַאֲחַוֶּ֑ךָּ כִּ֤י ע֖וֹד לֶאֱל֣וֹהַּ מִלִּֽים׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Job 36:2
- Job 21:3Bear with me that I may speak; and after I have spoken, mock on.
- Job 33:31Mark well, O Job, hearken to me: hold thy peace, and I will speak.
- Hebrews 13:22And I beseech you, brethren, bear with this word of exhortation: for I have written a letter to you in few words.
- Job 13:7Will ye speak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for him?
- Job 33:6Behold, I am according to thy wish in God’s stead: I also am formed out of the clay.
- Exodus 4:16And he shall speak for thee to the people: and he shall be, even he shall be to thee instead of a mouth, and thou shalt be to him instead of God.
- Jeremiah 15:19Therefore thus saith the LORD, If thou shalt return, then will I bring thee again, and thou shalt stand before me: and if thou shalt separate the precious from the vile, thou shalt be as my mouth: let them return to thee; but return not thou to them.
- Ezekiel 2:7And thou shalt speak my words to them, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear: for they are most rebellious.
- 2 Corinthians 5:20Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ’s stead, 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
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Notes
- 1. Job 36:2 I have...: Heb. there are yet words for 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
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