Apologetics Bible
Read Scripture with the original-language, translation, commentary, and apologetics layers kept close to the text.
Scripture-first study surface. Data layers support reading; they do not replace prayer, context, humility, or the text itself.
Four study layers kept near the text.
The reader keeps Scripture first, then brings original-language notes, translation comparison, commentary witness, and apologetics exposition into an ordered study path without letting the tools outrank the passage.
Hebrew and Greek source shelves sit near the passage with transliteration and morphology notes where the source data is available.
A broad translation-comparison set brings KJV, ASV, YLT, BSB, Darby, and many other renderings near the verse so wording differences can be studied carefully.
Historical witness notes appear where source coverage is available, helping readers compare older interpreters without replacing the passage.
Apologetics exposition helps trace how passages function in canonical argument, what doctrinal claims they touch, and how themes connect across the 66 books.
Open a passage.
Read the text first, then compare available translations, words, witness notes, and defense notes.
Type a Bible reference, then jump into the reader.
Choose a layer, then the reader opens that study surface near the passage.
Summary first. Then the depth.
Each chapter starts with the passage, then keeps the supporting study layers close enough to check without replacing the text.
Book framing comes before the notes: title, placement, authorship questions, and why the passage matters.
The chapter text stays first. Supporting source shelves sit after the passage.
Original language, translation comparison, commentary witness, and apologetics exposition stay grouped around the passage when the supporting data is available.
Start with the passage. Use the tools after the text.
The reader keeps translations, source shelves, original-language data, and verse-linked notes close to Scripture. Open Bible Data for the public shelves, or bring a careful question to DaveAI later.
Read the Word before every witness.
Open the chapter itself first. Summaries, verse waypoints, ancient witnesses, cross-references, and the citation apparatus are here to serve the Word YHWH has given, never to outrank it.
The Bible is the authority here. Notes, languages, witnesses, and defenses sit below the text as servants of faithful study.
Receive the chapter frame
Job is the most penetrating treatment of suffering, divine justice, and epistemological humility in the Hebrew Bible. Its probable date is pre-Mosaic (patriarchal setting), making it one of the oldest compositions in Scripture.
Move with reverence
Move carefully to the section you need
Connected primary witness
- Connected ID:
Job_36
- Primary Witness Text: Elihu also proceeded, and said, Suffer me a little, and I will shew thee that I have yet to speak on God’s behalf. I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker. For truly my words shall not be false: he that is perfect in knowledge is with thee. Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any: he is mighty in strength and wisdom. He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the poor. He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: but with kings are they on the throne; yea, he doth establish them for ever, and they are exalted. And if they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of affliction; Then he sheweth them their work, and their transgressions that they have exceeded. He openeth also their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity. If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures. But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge. But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath: they cry not when he bindeth them. They die in youth, and their life is among the unclean. He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in oppression. Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait into a broad place, where there is no straitness; and that which should be set on thy table should be full of fatness. But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold on thee. Beca...
Connected dataset overlay
- Connected ID:
Job_36
- Chapter Blob Preview: Elihu also proceeded, and said, Suffer me a little, and I will shew thee that I have yet to speak on God’s behalf. I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker. For truly my words shall not be false: he that is perfect in knowledge is with thee. Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any: he is mighty in strength and wisdom. He preserveth no...
Chapter frameStart here before opening notes.
Chapter frame
Job is the most penetrating treatment of suffering, divine justice, and epistemological humility in the Hebrew Bible. Its probable date is pre-Mosaic (patriarchal setting), making it one of the oldest compositions in Scripture.
Job's friends represent the dominant ancient Near Eastern theodicy: suffering = sin. God's answer from the whirlwind (chs. 38-41) does not explain the suffering but confronts Job with the staggering scale and wisdom of the creation — demanding the creature's epistemological humility before the Creator. Job 19:25-27 ("I know that my Redeemer lives") stands as the OT's most personal resurrection confession.
Verse-by-verse study laneOpen only when you are ready for notes and witnesses.
Verse-by-verse study lane
Job 36:1
Hebrew
וַיֹּסֶף אֱלִיהוּא וַיֹּאמַֽר׃vayosef-'eliyhv'-vayo'mar
KJV: Elihu also proceeded, and said,
AKJV: Elihu also proceeded, and said,
ASV: Elihu also proceeded, and said,
YLT: And Elihu addeth and saith: --
Exposition: Job 36:1 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Elihu also proceeded, and said,'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Job 36:2
Hebrew
כַּתַּר־לִי זְעֵיר וַאֲחַוֶּךָּ כִּי עוֹד לֶאֱלוֹהַּ מִלִּֽים׃khatar-liy-ze'eyr-va'achavekha-khiy-'vod-le'elvoha-miliym
KJV: Suffer me a little, and I will shew thee that I have yet to speak on God’s behalf.
AKJV: Suffer me a little, and I will show you that I have yet to speak on God’s behalf.
ASV: Suffer me a little, and I will show thee;
YLT: Honour me a little, and I shew thee, That yet for God are words.
Commentary WitnessJob 36:2Quoted commentary witness
Commentary Witness
Job 36:2
Verse 2 That I have yet to speak on God's behalf - I have other proofs to allege in behalf of God's justice and providence.
Provenance. Rendered as a quoted commentary witness with explicit reference extraction from the source prose.
Canonical locus
Job 36:2
Source lane
Apologetics Bible source bundle
Named authorities or texts detected in the witness
- Ovid
Exposition: Job 36:2 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Suffer me a little, and I will shew thee that I have yet to speak on God’s behalf.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Job 36:3
Hebrew
אֶשָּׂא דֵעִי לְמֵרָחוֹק וּלְפֹעֲלִי אֶֽתֵּֽן־צֶֽדֶק׃'esha'-de'iy-lemerachvoq-vlefo'aliy-'eten-tzedeq
KJV: I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.
AKJV: I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.
ASV: I will fetch my knowledge from afar,
YLT: I lift up my knowledge from afar, And to my Maker I ascribe righteousness.
Commentary WitnessJob 36:3Quoted commentary witness
Commentary Witness
Job 36:3
Verse 3 I will fetch my knowledge from afar - למרחוק lemerachok, "from the distant place," meaning probably both remote antiquity and heaven; see below. I will show thee that all antiquity and experience are on my side. I can bring proofs from the remotest ages and from the most distant countries to demonstrate that God is infinitely Wise, and can do nothing foolish or erroneous; that he is infinitely Powerful, and can bring all the purposes of his wisdom to effect; that he is infinitely Good, and can will nothing, and can do nothing that is not good in itself, and well calculated to do good to his creatures. And I shall show that his operations in the heavens and on the earth prove and demonstrate the whole. And will ascribe righteousness to my Maker - By proving the above points, the righteous conduct of God, and his gracious government of the world, will be fully established. That Elihu brings his knowledge from afar - from every part of the creation, as well as from the Divine nature - is evident from the end of the chapter. 1. The omnipotence of God; - God is great. 2. The eternity of God - We know him not, the number of his years cannot be found out, Job 36:26. 3. From the economy of God in the atmosphere, in dews, rain, vapor, and the irrigation of the earth; - He maketh small the drops, etc., Job 36:27, Job 36:28. 4. In the thunder and lightning, by which he performs such wonders in the atmosphere, and executes such judgments in the world; - Also who can understand the noise of his tabernacle? He spreadeth his light upon it. He judgeth the people, etc., Job 36:29-33.
Provenance. Rendered as a quoted commentary witness with explicit reference extraction from the source prose.
Canonical locus
Job 36:3
Source lane
Apologetics Bible source bundle
Biblical cross-references named in the witness
- Job 36:26
- Job 36:27
- Job 36:28
- Job 36:29-33
Named authorities or texts detected in the witness
- Wise
- Powerful
- Good
Exposition: Job 36:3 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Job 36:4
Hebrew
כִּֽי־אָמְנָם לֹא־שֶׁקֶר מִלָּי תְּמִים דֵּעוֹת עִמָּֽךְ׃khiy-'amenam-lo'-sheqer-milay-temiym-de'vot-'imakhe
KJV: For truly my words shall not be false: he that is perfect in knowledge is with thee.
AKJV: For truly my words shall not be false: he that is perfect in knowledge is with you.
ASV: For truly my words are not false:
YLT: For, truly, my words are not false, The perfect in knowledge is with thee.
Commentary WitnessJob 36:4Quoted commentary witness
Commentary Witness
Job 36:4
Verse 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.
Provenance. Rendered as a quoted commentary witness with explicit reference extraction from the source prose.
Canonical locus
Job 36:4
Source lane
Apologetics Bible source bundle
Exposition: Job 36:4 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'For truly my words shall not be false: he that is perfect in knowledge is with thee.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Job 36:5
Hebrew
הֶן־אֵל כַּבִּיר וְלֹא יִמְאָס כַּבִּיר כֹּחַֽ לֵֽב׃hen-'el-khaviyr-velo'-yime'as-khaviyr-khocha-lev
KJV: Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any: he is mighty in strength and wisdom.
AKJV: Behold, God is mighty, and despises not any: he is mighty in strength and wisdom.
ASV: Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any:
YLT: Lo, God is mighty, and despiseth not, Mighty in power and heart.
Commentary WitnessJob 36:5Quoted commentary witness
Commentary Witness
Job 36:5
Verse 5 God is mighty and despiseth not any - He reproaches no man for his want of knowledge. If any man lack wisdom, he may come to God, who giveth liberally, and upbraideth not. I prefer this to the passive sense, will not be despised. He is mighty - Literally, "He is mighty in strength of heart;" he can never be terrified nor alarmed.
Provenance. Rendered as a quoted commentary witness with explicit reference extraction from the source prose.
Canonical locus
Job 36:5
Source lane
Apologetics Bible source bundle
Named authorities or texts detected in the witness
- Literally
Exposition: Job 36:5 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any: he is mighty in strength and wisdom.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Job 36:6
Hebrew
לֹא־יְחַיֶּה רָשָׁע וּמִשְׁפַּט עֲנִיִּים יִתֵּֽן׃lo'-yechayeh-rasha'-vmishefat-'aniyiym-yiten
KJV: He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the poor.
AKJV: He preserves not the life of the wicked: but gives right to the poor.
ASV: He preserveth not the life of the wicked,
YLT: He reviveth not the wicked, And the judgment of the poor appointeth;
Commentary WitnessJob 36:6Quoted commentary witness
Commentary Witness
Job 36:6
Verse 6 He preserveth not the life - He will not give life to the wicked; all such forfeit life by their transgressions. But giveth right - Justice will he give to the afflicted or humble, עניים aniyim.
Provenance. Rendered as a quoted commentary witness with explicit reference extraction from the source prose.
Canonical locus
Job 36:6
Source lane
Apologetics Bible source bundle
Exposition: Job 36:6 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the poor.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Job 36:7
Hebrew
לֹֽא־יִגְרַע מִצַּדִּיק עֵינָיו וְאֶת־מְלָכִים לַכִּסֵּא וַיֹּשִׁיבֵם לָנֶצַח וַיִּגְבָּֽהוּ׃lo'-yigera'-mitzadiyq-'eynayv-ve'et-melakhiym-lakhise'-vayoshiyvem-lanetzach-vayigevahv
KJV: He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: but with kings are they on the throne; yea, he doth establish them for ever, and they are exalted.
AKJV: He withdraws not his eyes from the righteous: but with kings are they on the throne; yes, he does establish them for ever, and they are exalted.
ASV: He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous:
YLT: He withdraweth not from the righteous His eyes, And from kings on the throne, And causeth them to sit for ever, and they are high,
Commentary WitnessJob 36:7Quoted commentary witness
Commentary Witness
Job 36:7
Verse 7 He withdraweth not his eyes - Exactly similar to those words of David, Psa 34:15 : "The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous." But with kings are they on the throne - I think the words should be read thus: - "But with kings upon the throne shall he place them; and they shall be exalted for ever." The word וישיבם vaiyeshibem, he will establish or place them, should be added to the first clause, as I have done; and then the sense becomes much clearer. Instead of לנצח fo da lanetsach, forever, perhaps to victory would be a better sense: "But with kings upon the throne will he place them; and they shall be exalted or triumph to victory." This is precisely the same idea, and conveyed in nearly the same words, as that of our Lord: - "To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne;" Rev 3:21. "Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood, and hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father, to him be glory," etc.; Rev 1:5, Rev 1:6.
Provenance. Rendered as a quoted commentary witness with explicit reference extraction from the source prose.
Canonical locus
Job 36:7
Source lane
Apologetics Bible source bundle
Biblical cross-references named in the witness
- Rev 3:21
- Rev 1:5
- Rev 1:6
Named authorities or texts detected in the witness
- David
- Lord
- Father
Exposition: Job 36:7 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: but with kings are they on the throne; yea, he doth establish them for ever, and they are exalted.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Job 36:8
Hebrew
וְאִם־אֲסוּרִים בַּזִּקִּים יִלָּכְדוּן בְּחַבְלֵי־עֹֽנִי׃ve'im-'asvriym-vaziqiym-yilakhedvn-vechaveley-'oniy
KJV: And if they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of affliction;
AKJV: And if they be bound in fetters, and be held in cords of affliction;
ASV: And if they be bound in fetters,
YLT: And if prisoners in fetters They are captured with cords of affliction,
Commentary Witness (Generated)Job 36:8Generated editorial synthesis
Commentary Witness (Generated)
Job 36:8
Job 36:8 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'And if they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of affliction;'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
Provenance. Rendered as an editorial synthesis tied to the canonical verse context and current chapter source.
Canonical locus
Job 36:8
Source lane
Apologetics Bible source bundle
Biblical cross-references named in the witness
- Job 36:8
Exposition: Job 36:8 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And if they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of affliction;'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Job 36:9
Hebrew
וַיַּגֵּד לָהֶם פָּעֳלָם וּפִשְׁעֵיהֶם כִּי יִתְגַּבָּֽרוּ׃vayaged-lahem-fa'olam-vfishe'eyhem-khiy-yitegavarv
KJV: Then he sheweth them their work, and their transgressions that they have exceeded.
AKJV: Then he shows them their work, and their transgressions that they have exceeded.
ASV: Then he showeth them their work,
YLT: Then He declareth to them their work, And their transgressions, Because they have become mighty,
Commentary WitnessJob 36:9Quoted commentary witness
Commentary Witness
Job 36:9
Verse 9 He showeth them their work - He shows them the exceeding sinfulness of sin. That they have exceeded - יתגברו yithgabbaru, "that they have strengthened themselves," and did not trust in the living God; and therefore they would not help themselves when trouble came.
Provenance. Rendered as a quoted commentary witness with explicit reference extraction from the source prose.
Canonical locus
Job 36:9
Source lane
Apologetics Bible source bundle
Exposition: Job 36:9 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Then he sheweth them their work, and their transgressions that they have exceeded.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Job 36:10
Hebrew
וַיִּגֶל אָזְנָם לַמּוּסָר וַיֹּאמֶר כִּֽי־יְשֻׁבוּן מֵאָֽוֶן׃vayigel-'azenam-lamvsar-vayo'mer-khiy-yeshuvvn-me'aven
KJV: He openeth also their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity.
AKJV: He opens also their ear to discipline, and commands that they return from iniquity.
ASV: He openeth also their ear to instruction,
YLT: And He uncovereth their ear for instruction, And saith that they turn back from iniquity.
Commentary WitnessJob 36:10Quoted commentary witness
Commentary Witness
Job 36:10
Verse 10 He openeth also their ear - He gives them to understand the reason why they are thus corrected, and commands them to return from those iniquities which have induced him to visit them with afflictions and distresses.
Provenance. Rendered as a quoted commentary witness with explicit reference extraction from the source prose.
Canonical locus
Job 36:10
Source lane
Apologetics Bible source bundle
Exposition: Job 36:10 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'He openeth also their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Job 36:11
Hebrew
אִֽם־יִשְׁמְעוּ וְֽיַעֲבֹדוּ יְכַלּוּ יְמֵיהֶם בַּטּוֹב וּשְׁנֵיהֶם בַּנְּעִימִֽים׃'im-yisheme'v-veya'avodv-yekhalv-yemeyhem-vatvov-vsheneyhem-vane'iymiym
KJV: If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.
AKJV: If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.
ASV: If they hearken and serve him,
YLT: If they do hear and serve, They complete their days in good, And their years in pleasantness.
Commentary WitnessJob 36:11Quoted commentary witness
Commentary Witness
Job 36:11
Verse 11 If they obey and serve him - There may appear in the course of Providence to be some exceptions to this general rule; but it is most true, that this is literally or spiritually fulfilled to all the genuine followers of God. Every man is happy, in whatsoever circumstances, whose heart is unreservedly dedicated to his Maker.
Provenance. Rendered as a quoted commentary witness with explicit reference extraction from the source prose.
Canonical locus
Job 36:11
Source lane
Apologetics Bible source bundle
Named authorities or texts detected in the witness
- Ovid
- Maker
Exposition: Job 36:11 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Job 36:12
Hebrew
וְאִם־לֹא יִשְׁמְעוּ בְּשֶׁלַח יַעֲבֹרוּ וְיִגְוְעוּ כִּבְלִי־דָֽעַת׃ve'im-lo'-yisheme'v-veshelach-ya'avorv-veyigeve'v-khiveliy-da'at
KJV: But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge.
AKJV: But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge.
ASV: But if they hearken not, they shall perish by the sword,
YLT: And if they do not hearken, By the dart they pass away, And expire without knowledge.
Commentary WitnessJob 36:12Quoted commentary witness
Commentary Witness
Job 36:12
Verse 12 But if they obey not - This also is a general rule, from which, in the course of Providence, there are only few, and those only apparent, deviations. Instead of they shall perish by the sword, the meaning of the Hebrew בשלח יעברו beshelach yaaboru, is, "By a dart they shall pass by." They shall be in continual dangers, and often fall before they have lived out half their days. Mr. Good translates: They pass by as an arrow. The Vulgate: Transibunt per gladium. "They shall pass away by the sword."
Provenance. Rendered as a quoted commentary witness with explicit reference extraction from the source prose.
Canonical locus
Job 36:12
Source lane
Apologetics Bible source bundle
Named authorities or texts detected in the witness
- Ovid
- Vulgate
- Providence
- Mr
- The Vulgate
Exposition: Job 36:12 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Job 36:13
Hebrew
וְֽחַנְפֵי־לֵב יָשִׂימוּ אָף לֹא יְשַׁוְּעוּ כִּי אֲסָרָֽם׃vechanefey-lev-yashiymv-'af-lo'-yeshave'v-khiy-'asaram
KJV: But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath: they cry not when he bindeth them.
AKJV: But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath: they cry not when he binds them.
ASV: But they that are godless in heart lay up anger:
YLT: And the profane in heart set the face, They cry not when He hath bound them.
Commentary WitnessJob 36:13Quoted commentary witness
Commentary Witness
Job 36:13
Verse 13 But the hypocrites in heart - חנפי chanphey, the profligates, the impious, those who have neither the form nor the power of godliness. The hypocrite is he who has the form but not the power, though he wishes to be thought as inwardly righteous as he is outwardly correct; and he takes up the profession of religion only to serve secular ends. This is not the meaning of the word in the book of Job, where it frequently occurs. They cry not - "Though he binds them, yet they cry not." They are too obstinate to humble themselves even under the mighty hand of God.
Provenance. Rendered as a quoted commentary witness with explicit reference extraction from the source prose.
Canonical locus
Job 36:13
Source lane
Apologetics Bible source bundle
Named authorities or texts detected in the witness
- Job
Exposition: Job 36:13 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath: they cry not when he bindeth them.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Job 36:14
Hebrew
תָּמֹת בַּנֹּעַר נַפְשָׁם וְחַיָּתָם בַּקְּדֵשִֽׁים׃tamot-vano'ar-nafesham-vechayatam-vaqedeshiym
KJV: They die in youth, and their life is among the unclean.
AKJV: They die in youth, and their life is among the unclean.
ASV: They die in youth,
YLT: Their soul dieth in youth, And their life among the defiled.
Commentary WitnessJob 36:14Quoted commentary witness
Commentary Witness
Job 36:14
Verse 14 They die in youth - Exactly what the psalmist says, "Bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days," Psa 55:23. Literally, the words of Elihu are, "They shall die in the youth of their soul." Their life is among the unclean - בקדשים bakedeshim, among the whores, harlots, prostitutes, and sodomites. In this sense the word is used, though it also signifies consecrated persons; but we know that in idolatry characters of this kind were consecrated to Baal and Ashtaroth, Venus, Priapus, etc. Mr. Good translates the rabble. The Septuagint: Their life shalt be wounded by the angels.
Provenance. Rendered as a quoted commentary witness with explicit reference extraction from the source prose.
Canonical locus
Job 36:14
Source lane
Apologetics Bible source bundle
Named authorities or texts detected in the witness
- Septuagint
- Literally
- Ashtaroth
- Venus
- Priapus
- Mr
- The Septuagint
Exposition: Job 36:14 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'They die in youth, and their life is among the unclean.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Job 36:15
Hebrew
יְחַלֵּץ עָנִי בְעָנְיוֹ וְיִגֶל בַּלַּחַץ אָזְנָֽם׃yechaletz-'aniy-ve'aneyvo-veyigel-valachatz-'azenam
KJV: He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in oppression.
AKJV: He delivers the poor in his affliction, and opens their ears in oppression.
ASV: He delivereth the afflicted by their affliction,
YLT: He draweth out the afflicted in his affliction, And uncovereth in oppression their ear.
Commentary WitnessJob 36:15Quoted commentary witness
Commentary Witness
Job 36:15
Verse 15 And openeth their ears in oppression - He will let them know for what end they are afflicted, and why he permits them to be oppressed. The word יגל yigel might be translated he shall make them exult, or sing with joy, in oppression; like the three Hebrews in the burning fiery furnace.
Provenance. Rendered as a quoted commentary witness with explicit reference extraction from the source prose.
Canonical locus
Job 36:15
Source lane
Apologetics Bible source bundle
Exposition: Job 36:15 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in oppression.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Job 36:16
Hebrew
וְאַף הֲסִיתְךָ ׀ מִפִּי־צָר רַחַב לֹא־מוּצָק תַּחְתֶּיהָ וְנַחַת שֻׁלְחָנְךָ מָלֵא דָֽשֶׁן׃ve'af-hasiytekha- -mifiy-tzar-rachav-lo'-mvtzaq-tacheteyha-venachat-shulechanekha-male'-dashen
KJV: Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait into a broad place, where there is no straitness; and that which should be set on thy table should be full of fatness.
AKJV: Even so would he have removed you out of the strait into a broad place, where there is no narrow place; and that which should be set on your table should be full of fatness.
ASV: Yea, he would have allured thee out of distress
YLT: And also He moved thee from a strait place, To a broad place--no straitness under it, And the sitting beyond of thy table Hath been full of fatness.
Commentary WitnessJob 36:16Quoted commentary witness
Commentary Witness
Job 36:16
Verse 16 Even so would he have removed thee - If thou hadst turned to, obeyed, and served him, thy present state would have been widely different from what it is.
Provenance. Rendered as a quoted commentary witness with explicit reference extraction from the source prose.
Canonical locus
Job 36:16
Source lane
Apologetics Bible source bundle
Exposition: Job 36:16 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait into a broad place, where there is no straitness; and that which should be set on thy table should be full of fatness.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Job 36:17
Hebrew
וְדִין־רָשָׁע מָלֵאתָ דִּין וּמִשְׁפָּט יִתְמֹֽכוּ׃vediyn-rasha'-male'ta-diyn-vmishefat-yitemokhv
KJV: But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold on thee.
AKJV: But you have fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold on you.
ASV: But thou art full of the judgment of the wicked:
YLT: And the judgment of the wicked thou hast fulfilled, Judgment and justice are upheld--because of fury,
Commentary WitnessJob 36:17Quoted commentary witness
Commentary Witness
Job 36:17
Verse 17 But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked - As thou art acting like the wicked, so God deals with thee as he deals with them. Elihu is not a whit behind Job's other friends. None of them seems to have known any thing of the permission given by God to Satan to afflict and torment an innocent man.
Provenance. Rendered as a quoted commentary witness with explicit reference extraction from the source prose.
Canonical locus
Job 36:17
Source lane
Apologetics Bible source bundle
Exposition: Job 36:17 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold on thee.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Job 36:18
Hebrew
כִּֽי־חֵמָה פֶּן־יְסִֽיתְךָ בְסָפֶק וְרָב־כֹּפֶר אַל־יַטֶּֽךָּ׃khiy-chemah-fen-yesiytekha-vesafeq-verav-khofer-'al-yatekha
KJV: Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with his stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee.
AKJV: Because there is wrath, beware lest he take you away with his stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver you.
ASV: For let not wrath stir thee up against chastisements;
YLT: Lest He move thee with a stroke, And the abundance of an atonement turn thee not aside.
Commentary WitnessJob 36:18Quoted commentary witness
Commentary Witness
Job 36:18
Verse 18 Because there is wrath - This is a time in which God is punishing the wicked; take heed lest thou be cut off in a moment. Redeem the time; the days are evil. Then a great ransom - When he determines to destroy, who can save?
Provenance. Rendered as a quoted commentary witness with explicit reference extraction from the source prose.
Canonical locus
Job 36:18
Source lane
Apologetics Bible source bundle
Exposition: Job 36:18 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with his stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Job 36:19
Hebrew
הֲיַעֲרֹךְ שׁוּעֲךָ לֹא בְצָר וְכֹל מַאֲמַצֵּי־כֹֽחַ׃haya'arokhe-shv'akha-lo'-vetzar-vekhol-ma'amatzey-khocha
KJV: Will he esteem thy riches? no, not gold, nor all the forces of strength.
AKJV: Will he esteem your riches? no, not gold, nor all the forces of strength.
ASV: Will thy cry avail, that thou be not in distress,
YLT: Doth He value thy riches? He hath gold, and all the forces of power.
Commentary Witness (Generated)Job 36:19Generated editorial synthesis
Commentary Witness (Generated)
Job 36:19
Job 36:19 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'Will he esteem thy riches? no, not gold, nor all the forces of strength.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
Provenance. Rendered as an editorial synthesis tied to the canonical verse context and current chapter source.
Canonical locus
Job 36:19
Source lane
Apologetics Bible source bundle
Biblical cross-references named in the witness
- Job 36:19
Exposition: Job 36:19 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Will he esteem thy riches? no, not gold, nor all the forces of strength.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Job 36:20
Hebrew
אַל־תִּשְׁאַף הַלָּיְלָה לַעֲלוֹת עַמִּים תַּחְתָּֽם׃'al-tishe'af-halayelah-la'alvot-'amiym-tachetam
KJV: Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their place.
AKJV: Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their place.
ASV: Desire not the night,
YLT: Desire not the night, For the going up of peoples in their stead.
Commentary WitnessJob 36:20Quoted commentary witness
Commentary Witness
Job 36:20
Verse 20 Desire not the night - Thou hast wished for death; (here called night); desire it not; leave that with God. If he hear thee, and send death, thou mayest be cut off in a way at which thy soul would shudder.
Provenance. Rendered as a quoted commentary witness with explicit reference extraction from the source prose.
Canonical locus
Job 36:20
Source lane
Apologetics Bible source bundle
Exposition: Job 36:20 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their place.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Job 36:21
Hebrew
הִשָּׁמֶר אַל־תֵּפֶן אֶל־אָוֶן כִּֽי־עַל־זֶה בָּחַרְתָּ מֵעֹֽנִי׃hishamer-'al-tefen-'el-'aven-khiy-'al-zeh-vachareta-me'oniy
KJV: Take heed, regard not iniquity: for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.
AKJV: Take heed, regard not iniquity: for this have you chosen rather than affliction.
ASV: Take heed, regard not iniquity:
YLT: Take heed--do not turn unto iniquity, For on this thou hast fixed Rather than on affliction.
Commentary WitnessJob 36:21Quoted commentary witness
Commentary Witness
Job 36:21
Verse 21 Regard not iniquity - It is sinful to entertain such wishes; it is an insult to the providence of God. He sends affliction; he knows this to be best for thee: but thou hast preferred death to affliction, thereby setting thy wisdom against the wisdom of God. Many in affliction, long for death; and yet they are not prepared to appear before God! What madness is this! If he takes them at their wish, they are ruined for ever. Affliction may be the means of their salvation; the wished-for death, of their eternal destruction.
Provenance. Rendered as a quoted commentary witness with explicit reference extraction from the source prose.
Canonical locus
Job 36:21
Source lane
Apologetics Bible source bundle
Named authorities or texts detected in the witness
- Ovid
Exposition: Job 36:21 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Take heed, regard not iniquity: for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Job 36:22
Hebrew
הֶן־אֵל יַשְׂגִּיב בְּכֹחוֹ מִי כָמֹהוּ מוֹרֶֽה׃hen-'el-yashegiyv-vekhochvo-miy-khamohv-mvoreh
KJV: Behold, God exalteth by his power: who teacheth like him?
AKJV: Behold, God exalts by his power: who teaches like him?
ASV: Behold, God doeth loftily in his power:
YLT: Lo, God doth sit on high by His power, Who is like Him--a teacher?
Commentary WitnessJob 36:22Quoted commentary witness
Commentary Witness
Job 36:22
Verse 22 God exalteth by his power - He has brought thee low, but he can raise thee up. Thou art not yet out of the reach of his mercy. Thy affliction is a proof that he acts towards thee as a merciful Parent. He knows what is best to be done; he teaches thee how thou shouldst suffer and improve. Why sin against his kindness? Who can teach like him?
Provenance. Rendered as a quoted commentary witness with explicit reference extraction from the source prose.
Canonical locus
Job 36:22
Source lane
Apologetics Bible source bundle
Named authorities or texts detected in the witness
- Parent
Exposition: Job 36:22 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Behold, God exalteth by his power: who teacheth like him?'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Job 36:23
Hebrew
מִֽי־פָקַד עָלָיו דַּרְכּוֹ וּמִֽי־אָמַר פָּעַלְתָּ עַוְלָֽה׃miy-faqad-'alayv-darekhvo-vmiy-'amar-fa'aleta-'avelah
KJV: Who hath enjoined him his way? or who can say, Thou hast wrought iniquity?
AKJV: Who has enjoined him his way? or who can say, You have worked iniquity?
ASV: Who hath enjoined him his way?
YLT: Who hath appointed unto Him his way? And who said, `Thou hast done iniquity?'
Commentary WitnessJob 36:23Quoted commentary witness
Commentary Witness
Job 36:23
Verse 23 Who hath enjoined him his way - Has God taken instructions from any man how he shall govern the world? Thou hast wrought iniquity? - Who can prove, in the whole compass of the creation, that there is one thing imperfect, superabundant, or out of its place? Who can show that there is, in the course of the Divine providence, one unrighteous, cruel, or unwise act? All the cunning and wickedness of man have never been able to find out the smallest flaw in the work of God.
Provenance. Rendered as a quoted commentary witness with explicit reference extraction from the source prose.
Canonical locus
Job 36:23
Source lane
Apologetics Bible source bundle
Named authorities or texts detected in the witness
- Ovid
Exposition: Job 36:23 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Who hath enjoined him his way? or who can say, Thou hast wrought iniquity?'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Job 36:24
Hebrew
זְכֹר כִּֽי־תַשְׂגִּיא פָעֳלוֹ אֲשֶׁר שֹׁרְרוּ אֲנָשִֽׁים׃zekhor-khiy-tashegiy'-fa'olvo-'asher-shorerv-'anashiym
KJV: Remember that thou magnify his work, which men behold.
AKJV: Remember that you magnify his work, which men behold.
ASV: Remember that thou magnify his work,
YLT: Remember that thou magnify His work That men have beheld.
Commentary WitnessJob 36:24Quoted commentary witness
Commentary Witness
Job 36:24
Verse 24 Remember that thou magnify his work - Take this into consideration; instead of fretting against the dispensations of Divine providence, and quarrelling with thy Maker, attentively survey his works; consider the operation of his hands; and see the proofs of his wisdom in the plan of all, of his power in the production and support of all, and of his goodness in the end for which all have been made, and to which every operation in nature most obviously tends; and then magnify his work. Speak of him as thou shalt find; let the visible works of thy Maker prove to thee his eternal power and Godhead, and let nature lead thee to the Creator.
Provenance. Rendered as a quoted commentary witness with explicit reference extraction from the source prose.
Canonical locus
Job 36:24
Source lane
Apologetics Bible source bundle
Named authorities or texts detected in the witness
- Ovid
- Maker
- Godhead
- Creator
Exposition: Job 36:24 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Remember that thou magnify his work, which men behold.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Job 36:25
Hebrew
כָּל־אָדָם חָֽזוּ־בוֹ אֱנוֹשׁ יַבִּיט מֵרָחֽוֹק׃khal-'adam-chazv-vvo-'envosh-yaviyt-merachvoq
KJV: Every man may see it; man may behold it afar off.
AKJV: Every man may see it; man may behold it afar off.
ASV: All men have looked thereon;
YLT: All men have looked on it, Man looketh attentively from afar.
Commentary WitnessJob 36:25Quoted commentary witness
Commentary Witness
Job 36:25
Verse 25 Every man may see it - He who says he can examine the earth with a philosophic eye, and the heavens with the eye of an astronomer, and yet says he cannot see in them a system of infinite skill and contrivance, must be ignorant of science, or lie against his conscience, and be utterly unworthy of confidence or respect.
Provenance. Rendered as a quoted commentary witness with explicit reference extraction from the source prose.
Canonical locus
Job 36:25
Source lane
Apologetics Bible source bundle
Named authorities or texts detected in the witness
- Philo
Exposition: Job 36:25 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Every man may see it; man may behold it afar off.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Job 36:26
Hebrew
הֶן־אֵל שַׂגִּיא וְלֹא נֵדָע מִסְפַּר שָׁנָיו וְלֹא־חֵֽקֶר׃hen-'el-shagiy'-velo'-neda'-misefar-shanayv-velo'-cheqer
KJV: Behold, God is great, and we know him not, neither can the number of his years be searched out.
AKJV: Behold, God is great, and we know him not, neither can the number of his years be searched out.
ASV: Behold, God is great, and we know him not;
YLT: Lo, God is high, And we know not the number of His years, Yea, there is no searching.
Commentary WitnessJob 36:26Quoted commentary witness
Commentary Witness
Job 36:26
Verse 26 God is great - He is omnipotent. We know him not - He is unsearchable. Neither can the number of his years be searched out - He is eternal. These three propositions are an ample foundation for endless disquisition. As to paraphrase and comment, they need none in this place; they are too profound, comprehensive, and sublime.
Provenance. Rendered as a quoted commentary witness with explicit reference extraction from the source prose.
Canonical locus
Job 36:26
Source lane
Apologetics Bible source bundle
Exposition: Job 36:26 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Behold, God is great, and we know him not, neither can the number of his years be searched out.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Job 36:27
Hebrew
כִּי יְגָרַע נִטְפֵי־מָיִם יָזֹקּוּ מָטָר לְאֵדֽוֹ׃khiy-yegara'-nitefey-mayim-yazoqv-matar-le'edvo
KJV: For he maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to the vapour thereof:
AKJV: For he makes small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to the vapor thereof:
ASV: For he draweth up the drops of water,
YLT: When He doth diminish droppings of the waters, They refine rain according to its vapour,
Commentary WitnessJob 36:27Quoted commentary witness
Commentary Witness
Job 36:27
Verse 27 He maketh small the drops of water - This appears simply to refer to evaporation, and perhaps it would be better to translate יגרע yegara, "he exhales;" detaches the smallest particles of the aqueous mass from the surface in order to form clouds, as reservoirs for the purpose of furnishing rain for the watering of the earth. God is seen in little things, as well as great things; and the inconceivably little, as well as the stupendously great, are equally the work of Omnipotence. They pour down rain - These exceedingly minute drops or vapor become collected in clouds; and then, when agitated by winds, etc. many particles being united, they become too heavy to be sustained by the air in which they before were suspended, and so fall down in rain, which is either a mist, a drizzle, a shower, a storm, or a waterspout, according to the influence of different winds, or the presence and quantum of the electric fluid. And all this is proportioned, לאדו le-edo, "to its vapor," to the quantity of the fluid evaporated and condensed into clouds.
Provenance. Rendered as a quoted commentary witness with explicit reference extraction from the source prose.
Canonical locus
Job 36:27
Source lane
Apologetics Bible source bundle
Named authorities or texts detected in the witness
- Omnipotence
Exposition: Job 36:27 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'For he maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to the vapour thereof:'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Job 36:28
Hebrew
אֲשֶֽׁר־יִזְּלוּ שְׁחָקִים יִרְעֲפוּ עֲלֵי ׀ אָדָם רָֽב׃'asher-yizelv-shechaqiym-yire'afv-'aley- -'adam-rav
KJV: Which the clouds do drop and distil upon man abundantly.
AKJV: Which the clouds do drop and distil on man abundantly.
ASV: Which the skies pour down
YLT: Which clouds do drop, They distil on man abundantly.
Commentary WitnessJob 36:28Quoted commentary witness
Commentary Witness
Job 36:28
Verse 28 Which the clouds do drop - In proportion to the evaporation will be the clouds or masses of volatilized and suspended vapor; and in proportion to this will be the quantum of rain which in different forms will fall upon the earth. There is a remarkable addition to this verse in the Septuagint. I shall insert the whole verse: Ῥυησονται παλαιωματα, εσκιασε δε νεφη επι αμυθητῳ βροτῳ· ὡραν εθετο κτηνεσιν, οιδασι δε κοιτης ταξιν· επι τουτοις πασιν ουκ εξισταται σου ἡ διανοια, ουδε διαλλασσεται σου ἡ καρδια απο σωματος; "The rains descend, and the clouds cover with their shadows multitudes of men: he hath appointed to animals to know the order of their dwellings. At the contemplation of these things is not thy mind transported, and thy heart ready to part from thy body?"
Provenance. Rendered as a quoted commentary witness with explicit reference extraction from the source prose.
Canonical locus
Job 36:28
Source lane
Apologetics Bible source bundle
Named authorities or texts detected in the witness
- Septuagint
Exposition: Job 36:28 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Which the clouds do drop and distil upon man abundantly.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Job 36:29
Hebrew
אַף אִם־יָבִין מִפְרְשֵׂי־עָב תְּשֻׁאוֹת סֻכָּתֽוֹ׃'af-'im-yaviyn-mifereshey-'av-teshu'vot-sukhatvo
KJV: Also can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, or the noise of his tabernacle?
AKJV: Also can any understand the spreading of the clouds, or the noise of his tabernacle?
ASV: Yea, can any understand the spreadings of the clouds,
YLT: Yea, doth any understand The spreadings out of a cloud? The noises of His tabernacle?
Commentary WitnessJob 36:29Quoted commentary witness
Commentary Witness
Job 36:29
Verse 29 Can any understand the spreadings of the clouds - Though the vapor appear to be fortuitously raised, and subject, when suspended in the atmosphere, to innumerable accidents, to different winds and currents which might drive it all to the sandy deserts, or direct its course so that it should fall again into the great deep from which it has been exhaled, without watering and refreshing the earth; yet so does the good and wise providence of God manage this matter, that every part of the arable terrene surface receives an ample supply; and in every place, where requisite, it may be truly said that "The rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and water the earth, and cause it to bring forth and bud, that it may minister seed to the sower, and bread to the eater." In Egypt, where there is little or no rain, the earth is watered by the annual inundation of the Nile; there, because this system of evaporation is not necessary, it does not exist. Who can account for this economy? How are these clouds so judiciously and effectually spread through the atmosphere, so as to supply the wants of the earth, of men, and of cattle? I ask, with Elihu, "Who can understand the spreadings of these clouds?" And I should like to see that volunteer in the solution of paradoxes who would step forward and say, I am the man. The noise of his tabernacle? - By the tabernacle we may understand the whole firmament or atmospheric expansion; the place where the Almighty seems more particularly to dwell; whence he sends forth the rain of his strength, and the thunder of his power. The noise must refer to the blowing of winds and tempests. or to the claps, peals, and rattling of thunder, by means of the electric fluid.
Provenance. Rendered as a quoted commentary witness with explicit reference extraction from the source prose.
Canonical locus
Job 36:29
Source lane
Apologetics Bible source bundle
Named authorities or texts detected in the witness
- Ovid
- In Egypt
- Nile
- Elihu
Exposition: Job 36:29 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Also can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, or the noise of his tabernacle?'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Job 36:30
Hebrew
הֵן־פָּרַשׂ עָלָיו אוֹרוֹ וְשָׁרְשֵׁי הַיָּם כִּסָּֽה׃hen-farash-'alayv-'vorvo-veshareshey-hayam-khisah
KJV: Behold, he spreadeth his light upon it, and covereth the bottom of the sea.
AKJV: Behold, he spreads his light on it, and covers the bottom of the sea.
ASV: Behold, he spreadeth his light around him;
YLT: Lo, He hath spread over it His light, And the roots of the sea He hath covered,
Commentary WitnessJob 36:30Quoted commentary witness
Commentary Witness
Job 36:30
Verse 30 He spreadeth his light upon it - Or, as Mr. Good translates, "He throweth forth from it his flash." These two verses may both have an allusion to the sudden rarefaction of that part of the atmosphere whence the thunder proceeds, by the agency of the electric fluid; the rushing in of the air on each side to restore the equilibrium, which the passage of the fire had before destroyed. The noise produced by this sudden rushing in of the air, as well as that occasioned by the ignition of the hydrogen gas, which is one of the constituents of water, is the thunder of his tabernacle, viz., the atmosphere, where God appears, in such cases, to be manifesting his presence and his power. Elihu says that God spreadeth his light upon it. This is spoken in reference to the flashes and coruscations of lightning in the time of thunder storms, when, even in a dark night, a sudden flash illuminates for a moment the surface of the earth under that place. And covereth the bottom of the sea - He doth whatsoever it pleaseth him in the heavens above, in the earth beneath, in the sea, and in all deep places. Yea, the depths of the sea are as much under his control and influence as the atmosphere, and its whole collection of vapours, meteors, and galvanic and electric fluids.
Provenance. Rendered as a quoted commentary witness with explicit reference extraction from the source prose.
Canonical locus
Job 36:30
Source lane
Apologetics Bible source bundle
Named authorities or texts detected in the witness
- Or
- Mr
- Yea
Exposition: Job 36:30 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Behold, he spreadeth his light upon it, and covereth the bottom of the sea.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Job 36:31
Hebrew
כִּי־בָם יָדִין עַמִּים יִֽתֶּן־אֹכֶל לְמַכְבִּֽיר׃khiy-vam-yadiyn-'amiym-yiten-'okhel-lemakheviyr
KJV: For by them judgeth he the people; he giveth meat in abundance.
AKJV: For by them judges he the people; he gives meat in abundance.
ASV: For by these he judgeth the peoples;
YLT: For by them He doth judge peoples, He giveth food in abundance.
Commentary WitnessJob 36:31Quoted commentary witness
Commentary Witness
Job 36:31
Verse 31 By them judgeth he the people - He makes storms, tempests, winds, hurricanes, tornadoes, thunder and lightning, drought and inundation, the instruments of his justice, to punish rebellious nations. He giveth meat in abundance - Though by these he punishes offenders, yet through the same, as instruments, he provides for the wants of men and animals in general. Storms, tempests, and hurricanes, agitate the lower regions of the atmosphere, disperse noxious vapours, and thus render it fit for respiration; and without these it would soon become a stagnant, putrid, and deadly mass, in which neither animals could live, nor vegetables thrive. And by dews, rains, snows, frosts, winds, cold, and heat, he fructifies the earth, and causes it to bring forth abundantly, so that every thing living is filled with plenteousness. Some critics translate this latter clause thus: - He passeth sentence amain. I cannot see this meaning in the original words. Not one of the versions has so understood them; nor does this translation, supposing even that the Hebrew would bear it, give so fine and so elegant an idea as that of the common version. I always feel reluctant to give a sense in any case that is not supported in some of its parts by any of the ancient versions, and more especially when it is contrary to the whole of them; and still more particularly when opposed to the Arabic, which in the Book of Job, containing so many Arabisms, I consider to be of very great importance.
Provenance. Rendered as a quoted commentary witness with explicit reference extraction from the source prose.
Canonical locus
Job 36:31
Source lane
Apologetics Bible source bundle
Named authorities or texts detected in the witness
- Ovid
- Storms
- Arabic
- Job
- Arabisms
Exposition: Job 36:31 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'For by them judgeth he the people; he giveth meat in abundance.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Job 36:32
Hebrew
עַל־כַּפַּיִם כִּסָּה־אוֹר וַיְצַו עָלֶיהָ בְמַפְגִּֽיעַ׃'al-khafayim-khisah-'vor-vayetzav-'aleyha-vemafegiy'a
KJV: With clouds he covereth the light; and commandeth it not to shine by the cloud that cometh betwixt.
AKJV: With clouds he covers the light; and commands it not to shine by the cloud that comes between.
ASV: He covereth his hands with the lightning,
YLT: By two palms He hath covered the light, And layeth a charge over it in meeting,
Commentary WitnessJob 36:32Quoted commentary witness
Commentary Witness
Job 36:32
Verse 32 With clouds he covereth the light - This is all extraordinary saying, על כפים כמה אור al cappayim kissah or, which Mr. Good translates, "He brandisheth the blaze athwart the concave." The Vulgate, with which all the other versions less or more agree, has, In manibus abscondit lucem, "In his hands he hideth the light;" or, more literally, "By the hollow of his hands (כפים cappayim) he concealeth the light, (אור or,") the fountain of light, i.e., the Sun. And commandeth it not to shine by the cloud that cometh betwixt - I am afraid this is no translation of the original. Old Coverdale is better: - And at his commandement it commeth agayne; which is a near copy of the Vulgate. Here again Mr. Good departs from all the versions, both ancient and modern, by translating thus: - "And launcheth his penetrating bolt." Dr. Stock, in my opinion, comes nearer the original and the versions in his translation: - "And giveth charge as to what it shall meet." The mending of the text by conjecture, to which we should only recur in desperate necessity, has furnished Mr. Good and Reiske with the above translation. For my own part, I must acknowledge an extreme difficulty both here and in the concluding verse, on which I am unwilling to lay a correcting hand. I think something of the doctrine of eclipses is here referred to; the defect of the solar light, by the interposition of the moon. So in the time of an eclipse God is represented as covering the body of the sun with the hollow of his hand, and thus obscuring the solar light, and then removing his hand so as to permit it to re-illuminate the earth. Mr. Good gets his translation by dividing the words in a different manner from the present text. I shall give both: - Hebrew: ויצו עליה במפגיע Vayetsav aleyha bemaphgia Mr. Good: ויצוע ליהב מפגיע Veyezvo liahbe mapegio. Of which he learnedly contends, "And launcheth his penetrating bolt," is the literal sense. The change here made, to produce the above meaning, is not a violent one; and I must leave the reader to judge of its importance.
Provenance. Rendered as a quoted commentary witness with explicit reference extraction from the source prose.
Canonical locus
Job 36:32
Source lane
Apologetics Bible source bundle
Named authorities or texts detected in the witness
- Vulgate
- Mr
- The Vulgate
- Sun
- Dr
- Stock
- Good
Exposition: Job 36:32 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'With clouds he covereth the light; and commandeth it not to shine by the cloud that cometh betwixt.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Job 36:33
Hebrew
יַגִּיד עָלָיו רֵעוֹ מִקְנֶה אַף עַל־עוֹלֶֽה׃yagiyd-'alayv-re'vo-miqeneh-'af-'al-'voleh
KJV: The noise thereof sheweth concerning it, the cattle also concerning the vapour.
AKJV: The noise thereof shows concerning it, the cattle also concerning the vapor.
ASV: The noise thereof telleth concerning him,
YLT: He sheweth by it to his friend substance, Anger against perversity.
Commentary WitnessJob 36:33Quoted commentary witness
Commentary Witness
Job 36:33
Verse 33 The noise thereof showeth concerning it, the cattle also concerning the vapor - I think this translation very unhappy. I shall give each hemistich in the original: - יגיד עליו רעו Yaggid alaiv reo מקנה אף על עולה Mikneh aph al oleh. I think this may be translated without any violence to any word in the text: - Its loud noise (or his thunder) shall proclaim concerning him; A magazine of wrath against iniquity. This is literal, and gives, in my opinion, a proper meaning of the passage, and one in strict connection with the context. And it is worthy of remark that every wicked man trembles at the noise of thunder and the flash of lightning, and considers this a treasury of Divine wrath, emphatically called among us the artillery of the skies; and whenever the noise is heard, it is considered the voice of God. Thus the thunder declares concerning him. The next chapter, which is a continuation of the subject here, confirms and illustrates this meaning. For יגיד yaggid, Houbigant reads יניד yanid; and for מקנה mikneh, מקנאת mikkinath; and translates thus: "He agitates with himself his thunder, from the indignation of his wrath against iniquity."
Provenance. Rendered as a quoted commentary witness with explicit reference extraction from the source prose.
Canonical locus
Job 36:33
Source lane
Apologetics Bible source bundle
Exposition: Job 36:33 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'The noise thereof sheweth concerning it, the cattle also concerning the vapour.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Citation trailOpen the commentary counts, references, and named sources.
Scholarly apparatus
Commentary citation index
This chapter now surfaces commentary as quoted witness material with an explicit citation trail. The index below gathers the canonical references and named authorities detected inside the commentary layer for faster academic review.
Direct commentary witnesses
31
Generated editorial witnesses
2
Source lane
Apologetics Bible source bundle
Canonical references surfaced in commentary
- Job 36:1-9
- Job 36:10-16
- Job 36:2-6
- Job 36:7-16
- Job 36:17
- Job 36:18
- Job 36:18-26
- Job 36:1
- Job 36:2
- Job 36:26
- Job 36:27
- Job 36:28
- Job 36:29-33
- Job 36:3
- Job 36:4
- Job 36:5
- Job 36:6
- Rev 3:21
- Rev 1:5
- Rev 1:6
- Job 36:7
- Job 36:8
- Job 36:9
- Job 36:10
- Job 36:11
- Job 36:12
- Job 36:13
- Job 36:14
- Job 36:15
- Job 36:16
- Job 36:19
- Job 36:20
- Job 36:21
- Job 36:22
- Job 36:23
- Job 36:24
- Job 36:25
- Job 36:29
- Job 36:30
- Job 36:31
- Job 36:32
- Job 36:33
Named authorities or texts surfaced in commentary
- Ovid
- Ray
- Mr
- Wise
- Powerful
- Good
- Literally
- David
- Lord
- Father
- Maker
- Vulgate
- Providence
- The Vulgate
- Job
- Septuagint
- Ashtaroth
- Venus
- Priapus
- The Septuagint
- Parent
- Godhead
- Creator
- Philo
- Omnipotence
- In Egypt
- Nile
- Elihu
- Or
- Yea
- Storms
- Arabic
- Arabisms
- Sun
- Dr
- Stock
Book directory Open the 66-book reader directory Use this when you need a specific book. The passage reader above stays first.
Choose a book and open the reader.
Each card opens chapter 1 for that canonical book. The directory is here for navigation, not as the first thing a visitor has to read.
Examples: Genesis, Psalms, Gospels, prophets, Romans, Revelation.
Genesis
Rendered chapters 1–50 are mapped to the public reader path for Genesis. Use this card to open chapter 1 and move directly into the study surface.
Exodus
Rendered chapters 1–40 are mapped to the public reader path for Exodus. Use this card to open chapter 1 and move directly into the study surface.
Leviticus
Rendered chapters 1–27 are mapped to the public reader path for Leviticus. Use this card to open chapter 1 and move directly into the study surface.
Numbers
Rendered chapters 1–36 are mapped to the public reader path for Numbers. Use this card to open chapter 1 and move directly into the study surface.
Deuteronomy
Rendered chapters 1–34 are mapped to the public reader path for Deuteronomy. Use this card to open chapter 1 and move directly into the study surface.
Joshua
Rendered chapters 1–24 are mapped to the public reader path for Joshua. Use this card to open chapter 1 and move directly into the study surface.
Judges
Rendered chapters 1–21 are mapped to the public reader path for Judges. Use this card to open chapter 1 and move directly into the study surface.
Ruth
Rendered chapters 1–4 are mapped to the public reader path for Ruth. Use this card to open chapter 1 and move directly into the study surface.
1 Samuel
Rendered chapters 1–31 are mapped to the public reader path for 1 Samuel. Use this card to open chapter 1 and move directly into the study surface.
2 Samuel
Rendered chapters 1–24 are mapped to the public reader path for 2 Samuel. Use this card to open chapter 1 and move directly into the study surface.
1 Kings
Rendered chapters 1–22 are mapped to the public reader path for 1 Kings. Use this card to open chapter 1 and move directly into the study surface.
2 Kings
Rendered chapters 1–25 are mapped to the public reader path for 2 Kings. Use this card to open chapter 1 and move directly into the study surface.
1 Chronicles
Rendered chapters 1–29 are mapped to the public reader path for 1 Chronicles. Use this card to open chapter 1 and move directly into the study surface.
2 Chronicles
Rendered chapters 1–36 are mapped to the public reader path for 2 Chronicles. Use this card to open chapter 1 and move directly into the study surface.
Ezra
Rendered chapters 1–10 are mapped to the public reader path for Ezra. Use this card to open chapter 1 and move directly into the study surface.
Nehemiah
Rendered chapters 1–13 are mapped to the public reader path for Nehemiah. Use this card to open chapter 1 and move directly into the study surface.
Esther
Rendered chapters 1–10 are mapped to the public reader path for Esther. Use this card to open chapter 1 and move directly into the study surface.
Job
Rendered chapters 1–42 are mapped to the public reader path for Job. Use this card to open chapter 1 and move directly into the study surface.
Psalms
Rendered chapters 1–150 are mapped to the public reader path for Psalms. Use this card to open chapter 1 and move directly into the study surface.
Proverbs
Rendered chapters 1–31 are mapped to the public reader path for Proverbs. Use this card to open chapter 1 and move directly into the study surface.
Ecclesiastes
Rendered chapters 1–12 are mapped to the public reader path for Ecclesiastes. Use this card to open chapter 1 and move directly into the study surface.
Song of Solomon
Rendered chapters 1–8 are mapped to the public reader path for Song of Solomon. Use this card to open chapter 1 and move directly into the study surface.
Isaiah
Rendered chapters 1–66 are mapped to the public reader path for Isaiah. Use this card to open chapter 1 and move directly into the study surface.
Jeremiah
Rendered chapters 1–52 are mapped to the public reader path for Jeremiah. Use this card to open chapter 1 and move directly into the study surface.
Lamentations
Rendered chapters 1–5 are mapped to the public reader path for Lamentations. Use this card to open chapter 1 and move directly into the study surface.
Ezekiel
Rendered chapters 1–48 are mapped to the public reader path for Ezekiel. Use this card to open chapter 1 and move directly into the study surface.
Daniel
Rendered chapters 1–12 are mapped to the public reader path for Daniel. Use this card to open chapter 1 and move directly into the study surface.
Hosea
Rendered chapters 1–14 are mapped to the public reader path for Hosea. Use this card to open chapter 1 and move directly into the study surface.
Joel
Rendered chapters 1–3 are mapped to the public reader path for Joel. Use this card to open chapter 1 and move directly into the study surface.
Amos
Rendered chapters 1–9 are mapped to the public reader path for Amos. Use this card to open chapter 1 and move directly into the study surface.
Obadiah
Rendered chapter 1 are mapped to the public reader path for Obadiah. Use this card to open chapter 1 and move directly into the study surface.
Jonah
Rendered chapters 1–4 are mapped to the public reader path for Jonah. Use this card to open chapter 1 and move directly into the study surface.
Micah
Rendered chapters 1–7 are mapped to the public reader path for Micah. Use this card to open chapter 1 and move directly into the study surface.
Nahum
Rendered chapters 1–3 are mapped to the public reader path for Nahum. Use this card to open chapter 1 and move directly into the study surface.
Habakkuk
Rendered chapters 1–3 are mapped to the public reader path for Habakkuk. Use this card to open chapter 1 and move directly into the study surface.
Zephaniah
Rendered chapters 1–3 are mapped to the public reader path for Zephaniah. Use this card to open chapter 1 and move directly into the study surface.
Haggai
Rendered chapters 1–2 are mapped to the public reader path for Haggai. Use this card to open chapter 1 and move directly into the study surface.
Zechariah
Rendered chapters 1–14 are mapped to the public reader path for Zechariah. Use this card to open chapter 1 and move directly into the study surface.
Malachi
Rendered chapters 1–4 are mapped to the public reader path for Malachi. Use this card to open chapter 1 and move directly into the study surface.
Matthew
Rendered chapters 1–28 are mapped to the public reader path for Matthew. Use this card to open chapter 1 and move directly into the study surface.
Mark
Rendered chapters 1–16 are mapped to the public reader path for Mark. Use this card to open chapter 1 and move directly into the study surface.
Luke
Rendered chapters 1–24 are mapped to the public reader path for Luke. Use this card to open chapter 1 and move directly into the study surface.
John
Rendered chapters 1–21 are mapped to the public reader path for John. Use this card to open chapter 1 and move directly into the study surface.
Acts
Rendered chapters 1–28 are mapped to the public reader path for Acts. Use this card to open chapter 1 and move directly into the study surface.
Romans
Rendered chapters 1–16 are mapped to the public reader path for Romans. Use this card to open chapter 1 and move directly into the study surface.
1 Corinthians
Rendered chapters 1–16 are mapped to the public reader path for 1 Corinthians. Use this card to open chapter 1 and move directly into the study surface.
2 Corinthians
Rendered chapters 1–13 are mapped to the public reader path for 2 Corinthians. Use this card to open chapter 1 and move directly into the study surface.
Galatians
Rendered chapters 1–6 are mapped to the public reader path for Galatians. Use this card to open chapter 1 and move directly into the study surface.
Ephesians
Rendered chapters 1–6 are mapped to the public reader path for Ephesians. Use this card to open chapter 1 and move directly into the study surface.
Philippians
Rendered chapters 1–4 are mapped to the public reader path for Philippians. Use this card to open chapter 1 and move directly into the study surface.
Colossians
Rendered chapters 1–4 are mapped to the public reader path for Colossians. Use this card to open chapter 1 and move directly into the study surface.
1 Thessalonians
Rendered chapters 1–5 are mapped to the public reader path for 1 Thessalonians. Use this card to open chapter 1 and move directly into the study surface.
2 Thessalonians
Rendered chapters 1–3 are mapped to the public reader path for 2 Thessalonians. Use this card to open chapter 1 and move directly into the study surface.
1 Timothy
Rendered chapters 1–6 are mapped to the public reader path for 1 Timothy. Use this card to open chapter 1 and move directly into the study surface.
2 Timothy
Rendered chapters 1–4 are mapped to the public reader path for 2 Timothy. Use this card to open chapter 1 and move directly into the study surface.
Titus
Rendered chapters 1–3 are mapped to the public reader path for Titus. Use this card to open chapter 1 and move directly into the study surface.
Philemon
Rendered chapter 1 are mapped to the public reader path for Philemon. Use this card to open chapter 1 and move directly into the study surface.
Hebrews
Rendered chapters 1–13 are mapped to the public reader path for Hebrews. Use this card to open chapter 1 and move directly into the study surface.
James
Rendered chapters 1–5 are mapped to the public reader path for James. Use this card to open chapter 1 and move directly into the study surface.
1 Peter
Rendered chapters 1–5 are mapped to the public reader path for 1 Peter. Use this card to open chapter 1 and move directly into the study surface.
2 Peter
Rendered chapters 1–3 are mapped to the public reader path for 2 Peter. Use this card to open chapter 1 and move directly into the study surface.
1 John
Rendered chapters 1–5 are mapped to the public reader path for 1 John. Use this card to open chapter 1 and move directly into the study surface.
2 John
Rendered chapter 1 are mapped to the public reader path for 2 John. Use this card to open chapter 1 and move directly into the study surface.
3 John
Rendered chapter 1 are mapped to the public reader path for 3 John. Use this card to open chapter 1 and move directly into the study surface.
Jude
Rendered chapter 1 are mapped to the public reader path for Jude. Use this card to open chapter 1 and move directly into the study surface.
Revelation
Rendered chapters 1–22 are mapped to the public reader path for Revelation. Use this card to open chapter 1 and move directly into the study surface.
No book matched that filter yet
Try a book name like Genesis, Psalms, Romans, or Revelation, or switch back to a broader testament filter.
What this explorer shows today
The public reader has book-by-book chapter entry points across the 66-book canon. Deeper corpus and provenance details stay on the supporting Bible Data shelves.
Return to Apologetics Bible Use Bible Insights Use Bible Data
Commentary Witness
Job 36:1
Provenance. Rendered as a quoted commentary witness with explicit reference extraction from the source prose.
Canonical locus
Job 36:1
Source lane
Apologetics Bible source bundle
Biblical cross-references named in the witness
Named authorities or texts detected in the witness