Job 36:4 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁴For truly my words shall not be false: he that is perfect in knowledge is with thee.

Job 36:4 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Job 37:16
Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds, the wondrous works of him which is perfect in knowledge?
Proverbs 8:7-8
For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness is an abomination to my lips. …
2 Timothy 3:16-17
All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: …
Psalms 49:3
My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding.
1 Corinthians 14:20
Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men.

Topics

Atheism Attributes of God Deceit Deception False Teachers Falsehood God Guidance

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 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,…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 4)

4. I will not “speak wickedly for God,” as the friends (Job 13:4, 7, 8)--that is, vindicate God by unsound arguments. he that is perfect, &c.--Rather, as the parallelism requires, “a man of integrity in sentiments is with thee” (is he with whom thou hast to do). Elihu means himself, as opposed to the dishonest reasonings of the friends (Job 21:34).