Job 36:4 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 36:1-4

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 it), Job 36:2. ?Let me have your attendance, your attention, awhile longer, and I will speak but this once, as plainly and as much to the purpose as I can.? To gain this he pleads, 1. That he had a good cause, and a noble and very fruitful subject: I have yet to speak on God's behalf. He spoke as an... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 36:4

For truly my words shall not be false ,.... But strictly true; he would take the utmost care to say nothing but the truth, with the greatest impartiality and sincerity, so that what was said might be depended upon; truth spoken briefly, clearly, and on so important a subject as the righteousness of God, deserved attention; he that is perfect in knowledge is with thee ; meaning either God, whose knowledge is perfect, who knows all persons and things; knows himself, his nature,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 36:4

My words shall not be false - My words shall be truth without falsity. He that is perfect in knowledge is with thee - " The perfection of knowledge is with thee." Thou art a sensible, well-informed man, and will be able to judge of what I say. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 36:1-21

Elihu to Job: 3. A sermon on the Divine administration. I. THE PREACHER INTRODUCES HIMSELF . 1 . As having something further to say. A man who has nothing to communicate should not emerge from the safe regions of obscurity which Providence designs he should adorn. But alas! of preachers, orators, lecturers, talkers, who babble on without contributing anything to elucidate their themes or enlighten their hearers, however much to gratify themselves, the number is legion.... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 36:1-33

The two chapters, Job 36:1-33 ; Job 37:1-24 , form a single discourse, and ought not to have been separated; or, at any rate, not so unskilfully as they are, in the middle of a description of a thunderstorm. They constitute a final appeal to Job, who is exhorted to submission, resignation, and patience, in consideration of God's inscrutability, and of his perfect justice, wisdom, and strength. Job 36:1-33 begins with a short preface ( Job 36:1-4 ), in which Elihu seeks to prove his... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 36:4

For truly my words shall not be false: he that is perfect in knowledge is with thee . The words sound arrogant; but perhaps Elihu does not mean any more than W pledge himself to speak truthfully, and to say only what he has perfect knowledge of. It is clear that he speaks of himself, net of God (Stanley Loathes). in the second clause of the verse, as in the first. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 36:4

For truly my words shall not be false - This is designed to conciliate attention. It is a professed purpose to state nothing but truth. Even in order to vindicate the ways of God he would state nothing but what would bear the most rigid examination. Job had charged on his friends a purpose “to speak wickedly for God;” to make use of unsound arguments in vindicating his cause, (see the notes at Job 13:7-8), and Elihu now says that “he” will make use of no such reasoning, but that all that he... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 36:2-4

Job 36:2-4. Suffer me a little Give me thy patient attention but a little longer, and I have done. I will show I have yet to speak on God’s behalf That I have not yet said all that can be said to justify God’s dispensations toward thee. I will fetch my knowledge from afar From remote times, and places, and things. I will not confine my discourse to any particular case, but will justify God by declaring his great and glorious works of creation and providence, both in the heaven and the... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Job 36:1-33

God’s unknowable purposes (36:1-37:24)Elihu, believing he has all the answers to Job’s questions, says he will now answer Job on God’s behalf (36:1-4). Certainly, God punishes the wicked, but he does not despise all who suffer. If the afflicted are truly righteous, they will soon be exalted (5-7). The reason he afflicts them is to show them their sin. If they repent, they will enjoy renewed and unbroken contentment; if not, they will suffer horrible deaths (8-12).Only the ungodly rebel against... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Job 36:4

Job 36:4. He that is perfect in knowledge— Though the perfection of knowledge be with thee: Heath; who thinks that this alludes to Job's sarcasm, chap. Job 12:2. read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 36:1-4

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 36:4

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 36:4

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 36:1-21

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 36:1-33

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 36:4

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 36:4

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 36:2-4

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Job 36:1-33

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Job 36:4

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