Verse 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.
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 nothin...
CHAPTER 36:1-21 _ 1. God's care over the godly (Job 36:1)_ 2. The purposes of affliction (Job 36:8) 3. Job to consider this (Job 36:19) Job 36
Elihu has yet words to utter for God. By a wide survey he will establish the righteousness of his Maker. All that Elihu says is true and his knowledge perfect....
Introductory: Elihu desires Job to hear him still further. He has still more to say in God's behalf; and it is not trivial or commonplace, either in its object for he will ascribe right to his Maker;...
The speaker makes a higher claim than to sincerity here; he claims the character of absolute truth for his teaching he is perfect in knowledge. In a slightly different form the phrase "perfect in know...
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....
E. GODPERSON, PROMISE, PURPOSE, AND PEOPLE (Job 36:1-33) 1. God deals with men according to their deeds; the penitent he restores, others perish. (Job 36:1-16) TEXT 36:1-16 1 ELIHU ALSO PROCEEDED...
_FOR TRULY MY WORDS SHALL NOT BE FALSE: HE THAT IS PERFECT IN KNOWLEDGE IS WITH THEE._ _ FOR TRULY MY WORDS SHALL NOT BE FALSE: HE THAT IS PERFECT IN KNOWLEDGE IS WITH THEE._ I will not "speak wicked...
36:4 perfect (e-10) Elsewhere also 'upright.'...
HE] RV 'one'; i.e. Elihu. 7B. RV 'But with kings upon the throne he setteth them for ever.'...
THE SPEECHES OF ELIHU (CONTINUED) 1-15. Elihu maintains the wisdom and impartial justice of the rule of God. His purpose is to discipline and improve men, even by their afflictions....
THE WORK BEGUN. THE LIBERALITY OF THE PEOPLE Cp. 1 Chronicles 29:6; Ezra 2:68; Nehemiah 7:70. 8-38. The construction of the Tabernacle: see...
Elihu was bold when he spoke these words. But we do not think that he was proud. Elihu was speaking by God’s Holy Spirit (Job 32:8). In other words, Elihu’s knowledge came from God (Job 36:22). Elihu...
JOB, A SERVANT OF GOD Job _KEITH SIMONS_ Words in boxes (except for words in brackets) are from the Bible. This commentary has been through Advanced Checking. CHAPTER 36 ELIHU TEACHES ABOUT GOD...
HE THAT IS PERFECT IN KNOWLEDGE. — We may presume that he meant God; but in the Authorised Version it looks very much as though he meant himself. (Comp. Job 37:16.) So apparently Vulg., “_perfecta sci...
כִּֽי ־אָ֭מְנָם לֹא ־שֶׁ֣קֶר מִלָּ֑י תְּמִ֖ים...
XXVI. THE DIVINE PREROGATIVE Job 35:1; Job 36:1; Job 37:1 AFTER a long digression Elihu returns to consider the statement ascribed to Job, "It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself...
HE DESPISETH NOT ANY Job 36:1 God is mighty, but He does not despise thee, though thou be the least of saints. His eyes are upon thee for good, and He will set thee before His throne forever. He will...
After answering the arguments of Job, as expressed in the quotations, there would seem to have been a pause. Then Elihu commenced his last address. He first appealed to Job to hear him, as he was abou...
For truly my words [shall] not [be] false: he that is (b) perfect in knowledge [is] with thee. (b) You will perceive that I am a faithful instructor, and that I speak to you in the name of God....
_Lie. Every orator will promise to speak the truth, and will do so sometimes to gain credit. (Worthington) --- Shall be. Hebrew, "is with thee." Thou art not devoid of sense, and thou wilt (Calmet) su...
(4) For truly my words shall not be false: he that is perfect in knowledge is with thee. (5) В¶ Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any: he is mighty in strength and wisdom. (6) He preserveth not...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 32 THROUGH 37. But these spiritual affections of Job did not prevent his turning this consciousness of integrity into a robe of self-righteousness which hid G...
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...
For truly my words [shall] not [be] false: he that is perfect in knowledge [is] with thee. Ver. 4. _For truly my words shall not be false_] I shall deal truly and plainly with thee; my discourse shal...
_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'...
For truly my words shall not be false, not even tinged with falsehood and deceit; HE THAT IS PERFECT IN KNOWLEDGE IS WITH THEE, Elihu, as one faultless in the knowledge of God's attributes and works,...
THE BENEVOLENT PURPOSES OF DIVINE JUSTICE...
SPEAKING ON GOD'S BEHALF (vv.1-4) Elihu continues in the same strain, for as he says, there is much more to be said on God's behalf. Where did Elihu find his knowledge? He fetched it "from afar" (v....
Not lacking in self-confidence, Elihu affirmed that his words were true. JOB 36:4 "ONE WHO IS PERFECT IN KNOWLEDGE IS WITH YOU": Is Elihu being overconfident here, or is the "One" under consideration...
14-26 As in prosperity we are ready to think our mountain will never be brought low; so when in adversity, we are ready to think our valley will never be filled up. But to conclude that to-morrow mus...
I will not speak any thing against my own conscience, nor against truth, either to flatter God, or to vex thee, as thou supposest thy other friends have done, JOB 13:7, and elsewhere. HE THAT IS PERFE...
Job 36:4 truly H551 words H4405 false H8267 perfect H8549 knowledge H1844 my - Job 13:4,...
CONTENTS: Elihu's discourse continued. God's justice defended. CHARACTERS: God, Elihu, Job. CONCLUSION: God does all things well. Though it may seem sometimes that we are neglected and forgotten and...
Job 36:3. _I will fetch my knowledge from afar;_ from the expanse of heaven, and from the remotest traditions of the sires. Natural theology is very instructive to man, to acquaint us with the perfect...
_Elihu also proceeded and said._ THE PORTRAIT OF A TRUE PREACHER I. The side he has to take. “I have yet to speak on God’s behalf.” Sin is a controversy with God. The true preacher has to take the s...
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 36:1 Elihu concludes his lengthy speech. ⇐ ⇔...
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 36:2 Elihu presents his final speech as something offered ON GOD’S BEHALF. He emphasizes that, unlike Job (see Job 34:35), he has understanding that comes from ou
_ELIHU’S FOURTH SPEECH_ No reply being made to Elihu’s preceding address, he resumes. Job 36:1.—“Elihu also proceded and said”. His object to bring Job to a more becoming state of mind in reference t...
EXPOSITION JOB 36:1 The two chapters, Job 36:1; Job 37:1, 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 descriptio...
Elihu continued (Job 36:1), He's really taking him on. Just allow me a little more, and I'm going to show you what I have to speak on God's behalf. I'm going to fetch my knowledge from far off, I'm g...
1 Corinthians 14:20; 2 Corinthians 2:17; 2 Timothy 3:16; 2 Timothy 3:17;...
HIGH ALTITUDES IN ELIHU'S ANSWER TO JOB Job 32:1, Job 33:1; Job 34:1; Job 35:1; Job 3
He, &c. — Thou hast to do with a God of perfect knowledge, by whom all thy words and actions are weighed....