Tree of Life Version
Job 36:3
3I get my knowledge from afar; I ascribe righteousness to my Maker.
Job 36:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.
- New International Version (NIV)I get my knowledge from afar; I will ascribe justice to my Maker.
- English Standard Version (ESV)I will get my knowledge from afar and ascribe righteousness to my Maker.
- New King James Version (NKJV)I will fetch my knowledge from afar; I will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.
Context of Job 36:3
1Then Elihu said further: 2“Be patient with me a bit longer and I will show you that there is more to say on God’s behalf. I 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. 5“Indeed, God is mighty, but despises none, He is mighty in strength of understanding.
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אֶשָּׂ֣א דֵ֭עִי לְמֵרָח֑וֹק וּ֝לְפֹעֲלִ֗י אֶֽתֵּֽן־צֶֽדֶק׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 36:3
- Job 28:12“But where can wisdom be found? Where is the place of understanding?
- Job 32:8But there is a spirit in people, the breath of Shaddai that gives them understanding.
- Proverbs 2:4if you seek her as silver and search for her as for hidden treasures,
- Matthew 2:1Now after Yeshua was born in Bethlehem of Judea, in the days of King Herod, magi from the east came to Jerusalem,
- Matthew 12:42The Queen of the South will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon. And behold, something greater than Solomon is here.
- Acts 8:27So he got up and went. And behold, an Ethiopian eunuch—an official who was responsible for all the treasure of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians—had traveled to Jerusalem to worship
- Romans 10:6But the righteousness based on faith speaks in this way: “Do not say in your heart, ‘Who will go up into heaven?’ (that is, to bring Messiah down),
- James 1:5But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all without hesitation and without reproach; and it will be given to him.
- James 3:17But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial, not hypocritical.
- Job 32:2Then Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite of the clan of Ram became very angry. He was angry with Job for justifying himself rather than God.
- Job 34:5“For Job says, ‘I am righteous, but God has deprived me of justice.
- Deuteronomy 32:4The Rock—blameless is His work. Indeed, all His ways are just. God of faithfulness without iniquity, righteous and upright is He.
- Psalms 11:7For Adonai is righteous—He loves justice. The upright will see His face.
- Psalms 145:17Adonai is righteous in all His ways and kind in all His deeds.
- Jeremiah 12:1Righteous are You, Adonai, when I plead my case with You. Yet I speak with You about justice. Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all the treacherous thrive?
- Daniel 9:7“‘You Lord are righteousness, but shame covers our face to this day—the people of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and all Israel, near and far, in all the countries where you have banished them—because they behaved unfaithfully toward you.
Commentaries on Job 36:3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3I will fetch my knowledge from afar - למרחוק lemerachok, "from the distant place," meaning probably both remote antiquity and heaven; see below. I will show thee that all antiquity and experience are on my side. I can bring proofs from the remotest ages and from the most distant countries to demonstrate that God is infinitely Wise, and can do nothing foolish or erroneous; that he is infinitely Powerful, and can bring all the purposes of his wisdom to…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3I will fetch my knowledge from afar - What I say shall not be mere commonplace. It shall be the result of reflection on subjects that lie out of the ordinary range of thought. The idea is, that he did not mean to go over the ground that had been already trodden, or to suggest such reflections as would occur to anyone, but that he meant to bring his illustrations from abstruser matters, and from things that had escaped their attention. He in fact appeals…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. from afar--not trite commonplaces, but drawn from God's mighty works. ascribe righteousness--whereas Job ascribed unrighteousness (Job 34:10, 12). A man, in enquiring into God's ways, should at the outset presume they are all just, be willing to find them so, and expect that the result of investigation will prove them to be so; such a one will never be disappointed [Barnes].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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