Job 36:4

Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּֽי־אָ֭מְנָם לֹא־שֶׁ֣קֶר מִלָּ֑י תְּמִ֖ים דֵּע֣וֹת עִמָּֽךְ׃

Transliteration

kî-ʾāmənām lōʾ-šeqer millāy təmîm dēʿôt ʿimmāk

Grammar Details

• *kî-ʾāmənām*: conjunction + adverb - for truly/indeed
• *lōʾ-šeqer*: negative particle + noun, masculine singular - not falsehood
• *millāy*: noun, feminine plural with 1st singular possessive suffix - my words
• *təmîm*: adjective, masculine singular - perfect/complete
• *dēʿôt*: noun, feminine plural - knowledge/opinions
• *ʿimmāk*: preposition with 2nd masculine singular suffix - with you

Word Meanings

• *ʾāmənām*: truly/indeed/certainly
• *šeqer*: falsehood/lie/deception
• *millāy*: my words/my speech
• *təmîm*: perfect/complete/sound/blameless
• *dēʿôt*: knowledge/understanding/opinions

Referenced Verses

• Job 37:16 : 16 Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds, the wondrous works of him which is perfect in knowledge?
• 1 Cor 14:20 : 20 Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men.
• 2 Tim 3:16-17 : 16 All scripture [is] given by inspiration of God, and [is] profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: 17 That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.
• 2 Cor 2:17 : 17 For we are not as many, which corrupt the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God speak we in Christ.
• Col 4:12 : 12 Epaphras, who is [one] of you, a servant of Christ, saluteth you, always labouring fervently for you in prayers, that ye may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God.
• Ps 49:3 : 3 My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart [shall be] of understanding.
• Prov 8:7-8 : 7 For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness [is] an abomination to my lips. 8 All the words of my mouth [are] in righteousness; [there is] nothing froward or perverse in them.
• Prov 22:20-21 : 20 Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge, 21 That I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth; that thou mightest answer the words of truth to them that send unto thee?
• Luke 1:3 : 3 It seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of all things from the very first, to write unto thee in order, most excellent Theophilus,
• Acts 24:22 : 22 ¶ And when Felix heard these things, having more perfect knowledge of [that] way, he deferred them, and said, When Lysias the chief captain shall come down, I will know the uttermost of your matter.
• Job 13:4 : 4 But ye [are] forgers of lies, ye [are] all physicians of no value.
• Job 13:7 : 7 Will ye speak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for him?
• Job 21:27 : 27 ¶ Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices [which] ye wrongfully imagine against me.
• Job 21:34 : 34 How then comfort ye me in vain, seeing in your answers there remaineth falsehood?
• Job 22:6-9 : 6 For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing. 7 Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry. 8 But [as for] the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honourable man dwelt in it. 9 Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken. 10 Therefore snares [are] round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee; 11 Or darkness, [that] thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee. 12 [Is] not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are! 13 And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud? 14 Thick clouds [are] a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven. 15 ¶ Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden? 16 Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood: 17 Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them? 18 Yet he filled their houses with good [things]: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me. 19 The righteous see [it], and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn. 20 Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire consumeth. 21 ¶ Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee. 22 Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart. 23 If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles. 24 Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the [gold] of Ophir as the stones of the brooks. 25 Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defence, and thou shalt have plenty of silver. 26 For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto God. 27 Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows. 28 Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways. 29 When [men] are cast down, then thou shalt say, [There is] lifting up; and he shall save the humble person. 30 He shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it is delivered by the pureness of thine hands.
• Job 33:3 : 3 My words [shall be of] the uprightness of my heart: and my lips shall utter knowledge clearly.