Tree of Life Version
Job 36:2
2“Be patient with me a bit longer and I will show you that there is more to say 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 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
1Then Elihu said further: “Be patient with me a bit longer and I will show you that there is more to say on God’s behalf. 3I get my knowledge from afar; I 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 as I speak, and after I have spoken, mock on.
- Job 33:31Pay attention, Job, listen to me; Be silent, and I will speak.
- Hebrews 13:22But I urge you, brothers and sisters, listen patiently to this word of exhortation, for in fact I have written to you in few words.
- Job 13:7Will you speak unjustly on God’s behalf? Will you speak deceitfully for Him?
- Job 33:6Look, I am the same as you before God; I too am formed from clay.
- Exodus 4:16He will be your spokesman to the people, so that he may act as a mouthpiece for you, and it will be as if you were as God for him.
- Jeremiah 15:19Therefore thus says Adonai: “If you return, I will restore you, you will stand before Me. If you extract the precious from the worthless, you will be as My mouth. Let them turn to you, but you must not turn to them.
- Ezekiel 2:7You will speak My words to them, whether they will listen or whether they will refuse to listen—for they are rebellious.
- 2 Corinthians 5:20We are therefore ambassadors for Messiah, as though God were making His appeal through us. We beg you on behalf of Messiah, 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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