Job 36:3 “I get my knowledge from afar, and I will ascribe justice to my Maker.”

Job 36:3

I get my knowledge from afar, and I will ascribe justice to my Maker.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.

World English Bible

I will get my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.

American Standard Version

I will fetch my knowledge from afar, And will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.

Geneva Bible 1599

I will fetche my knowledge afarre off, and will attribute righteousnes vnto my Maker.

Darby Translation

I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Creator.

Young's Literal Translation

I lift up my knowledge from afar, And to my Maker I ascribe righteousness.

Bible in Basic English

I will get my knowledge from far, and I will give righteousness to my Maker.

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Cross references

“fetch”

James 3:17 James 1:17 Job 32:8 Job 28:20–24 Matthew 12:42 Acts 8:27–40

James 3:17 · BSB

But the wisdom from above is first of all pure, then peace-loving, gentle, accommodating, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial, and sincere.

James 1:17 · BSB

Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, with whom there is no change or shifting shadow.

Job 32:8 · BSB

But there is a spirit in a man, the breath of the Almighty, that gives him understanding.

Job 28:20–24 · BSB

From where, then, does wisdom come, and where does understanding dwell?

Matthew 12:42 · BSB

The Queen of the South will rise at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and now One greater than Solomon is here.

Acts 8:27–40 · BSB

So he started out, and on his way he met an Ethiopian eunuch, a court official in charge of the entire treasury of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians. He had gone to Jerusalem to worship,

“ascribe”

Deuteronomy 32:4 Psalm 11:7 Psalm 145:17 Daniel 9:7 Daniel 9:14 Revelation 15:3

Deuteronomy 32:4 · BSB

He is the Rock, His work is perfect; all His ways are just. A God of faithfulness without injustice, righteous and upright is He.

Psalm 11:7 · BSB

For the LORD is righteous; He loves justice. The upright will see His face.

Psalm 145:17 · BSB

The LORD is righteous in all His ways and kind in all His deeds.

Daniel 9:7 · BSB

To You, O Lord, belongs righteousness, but this day we are covered with shame—the men of Judah, the people of Jerusalem, and all Israel near and far, in all the countries to which You have driven us because of our unfait…

Daniel 9:14 · BSB

Therefore the LORD has kept the calamity in store and brought it upon us. For the LORD our God is righteous in all He does; yet we have not obeyed His voice.

Revelation 15:3 · BSB

and they sang the song of God’s servant Moses and of the Lamb: “Great and wonderful are Your works, O Lord God Almighty! Just and true are Your ways, O King of the nations!

Also

Job 8:3 Job 37:23

Job 8:3 · BSB

Does God pervert justice? Does the Almighty pervert what is right?

Job 37:23 · BSB

The Almighty is beyond our reach; He is exalted in power! In His justice and great righteousness He does not oppress.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2“Bear with me a little longer, and I will show you that there is more to be said on God’s behalf.

4For truly my words are free of falsehood; one perfect in knowledge is with you.

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