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36 Elihu continued speaking:

“Let me go on, and I will show you the truth.
    For I have not finished defending God!
I will present profound arguments
    for the righteousness of my Creator.
I am telling you nothing but the truth,
    for I am a man of great knowledge.

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Elihu Extols God’s Greatness

36 Then[a] Elihu continued and said,

“Bear with me a little longer, and I will explain,[b]
for I still have something to say on God’s behalf.[c]
I will bring my knowledge from far away,
and I will ascribe righteousness to my maker,
for truly my words[d] are not falsehood;
one who has perfect knowledge is with you.[e]

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Footnotes

  1. Job 36:1 Hebrew “And”
  2. Job 36:2 Literally “I will show you”
  3. Job 36:2 Literally “yet on behalf of God words/sentences”
  4. Job 36:4 Or “what I have to say”
  5. Job 36:4 In other words, “Somebody who knows what he is talking about is addressing you”