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Job 36:3

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

KJV

Repetam scientiam meam a principio, et operatorem meum probabo justum.

Vulgate

ἀναλαβὼν τὴν ἐπιστήμην μου μακράν, ἔργοις δέ μου δίκαια ἐρῶ ἐπ’ ἀληθείας

LXX

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

ASV

אֶשָּׂ֣א דֵ֭עִ/י לְ/מֵ/רָח֑וֹק וּ֝/לְ/פֹעֲלִ֗/י אֶֽתֵּֽן צֶֽדֶק

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

י
y
noun · 5×
יִּשְׂא֥וּ
ysh'v
verb · 652×
ם
m
verb · 1995×
פֹּ֣עֲלֵי
p'ly
verb · 55×
צֶ֑דֶק
tsdq
noun · 116×
רָח֑וֹק
rchvq
adjective · 84×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Dan 9:7 — O LORD, righteousness belongeth unto thee, but unto us confusion of faces, as at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto all Israel, that are near, and that are fa
  • Dan 9:14 — Therefore hath the LORD watched upon the evil, and brought it upon us: for the LORD our God is righteous in all his works which he doeth: for we obeyed not his voice.
  • Deut 32:4 — He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.
  • Jas 1:17 — Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
  • Jas 3:17 — But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
  • Job 8:3 — Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice?
  • Job 32:8 — But there is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding.
  • Job 33:23 — If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to shew unto man his uprightness:
  • Ps 11:7 — For the righteous LORD loveth righteousness; his countenance doth behold the upright.
  • Ps 145:17 — The LORD is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works.
  • Rev 4:11 — Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.
  • Rev 15:3 — And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints.
  • Rom 3:4 — God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.