Job 36:3
I lift up my knowledge from afar, || And I ascribe righteousness to my Maker.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.
In Context
2“Honor me a little, and I show you, || That yet for God [are] words.
4For my words [are] truly not false, || The perfect in knowledge [is] with you.
Cross References
Job 8:3Does God pervert judgment? And does the Mighty One pervert justice?
Job 28:20And the wisdom—from where does it come? And where [is] this, the place of understanding?
Job 32:8Surely a spirit is in man, || And the breath of the Mighty One || Causes them to understand.
Job 34:10Therefore, O men of heart, listen to me; Far be it from God to do wickedness, || And [from] the Mighty to do perverseness,
Psalms 11:7For YHWH [is] righteous, || He has loved righteousness, || His countenance sees the upright!
Proverbs 2:4If you seek her as silver, || And search for her as hid treasures,
Matthew Henry on Job 36:2-5
The Address of Elihu. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Elihu also proceeded, and said, 2 Suffer me a little, and I will show thee that I have yet to speak on God's behalf. 3 I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker. 4 For truly my words shall not be false: he that is perfect in knowledge is with thee. Once more Elihu begs the patience of the auditory, and Job's particularly, for he has not said all that he has to say, but he will not detain them long. Stand about me a little (so some read… Read the whole commentary →