Job 36:3
I lift up my knowledge from afar, And to my Maker I ascribe righteousness.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.
In Context
2Honour me a little, and I shew thee, That yet for God [are] words.
4For, truly, my words [are] not false, The perfect in knowledge [is] with thee.
Cross References
Job 8:3Doth God pervert judgment? And doth the Mighty One pervert justice?
Job 28:20And the wisdom — whence doth 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 Doth cause them to understand.
Job 34:10Therefore, O men of heart, hearken to me; Far be it from God to do wickedness, And [from] the Mighty to do perverseness:
Psalms 11:7For righteous [is] Jehovah, Righteousness He hath loved, The upright doth His countenance see!'
Proverbs 2:4If thou dost seek her as silver, And as hid treasures searchest for her,
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 →