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Job 36:3 KJV (With Strong’s)

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

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Job 28:12‑13,20‑24• ¹²But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of understanding?
¹³Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living.
²⁰Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?
²¹Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air.
²²Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our ears.
²³God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place thereof.
²⁴For he looketh to the ends of the earth, and seeth under the whole heaven; (Job 28:12‑13,20‑24)

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Job 32:8• ⁸But there is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding. (Job 32:8)

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Prov. 2:4‑5• ⁴If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;
⁵Then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God. (Prov. 2:4‑5)

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Matt. 2:1‑2• ¹Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,
²Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him. (Matt. 2:1‑2)

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Matt. 12:42• ⁴²The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here. (Matt. 12:42)

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Acts 8:27‑40• ²⁷And he arose and went: and, behold, a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch of great authority under Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who had the charge of all her treasure, and had come to Jerusalem for to worship,
²⁸Was returning, and sitting in his chariot read Esaias the prophet.
²⁹Then the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near, and join thyself to this chariot.
³⁰And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him read the prophet Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest?
³¹And he said, How can I, except some man should guide me? And he desired Philip that he would come up and sit with him.
³²The place of the scripture which he read was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before his shearer, so opened he not his mouth:
³³In his humiliation his judgment was taken away: and who shall declare his generation? for his life is taken from the earth.
³⁴And the eunuch answered Philip, and said, I pray thee, of whom speaketh the prophet this? of himself, or of some other man?
³⁵Then Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same scripture, and preached unto him Jesus.
³⁶And as they went on their way, they came unto a certain water: and the eunuch said, See, here is water; what doth hinder me to be baptized?
³⁷And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.
³⁸And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they went down both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him.
³⁹And when they were come up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip, that the eunuch saw him no more: and he went on his way rejoicing.
⁴⁰But Philip was found at Azotus: and passing through he preached in all the cities, till he came to Caesarea. (Acts 8:27‑40)

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Rom. 10:6‑8• ⁶But the righteousness which is of faith speaketh on this wise, Say not in thine heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? (that is, to bring Christ down from above:)
⁷Or, Who shall descend into the deep? (that is, to bring up Christ again from the dead.)
⁸But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach; (Rom. 10:6‑8)

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James 1:5,17• ⁵If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
¹⁷Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning. (James 1:5,17)

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James 3:17• ¹⁷But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. (James 3:17)

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Job 32:2• ²Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the kindred of Ram: against Job was his wrath kindled, because he justified himself rather than God. (Job 32:2)

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Job 34:5,10‑12• ⁵For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment.
¹⁰Therefore hearken unto me, ye men of understanding: far be it from God, that he should do wickedness; and from the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity.
¹¹For the work of a man shall he render unto him, and cause every man to find according to his ways.
¹²Yea, surely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert judgment. (Job 34:5,10‑12)

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Deut. 32:4• ⁴He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he. (Deut. 32:4)

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Psa. 11:7• ⁷For the righteous Lord loveth righteousness; his countenance doth behold the upright. (Psa. 11:7)

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Psa. 145:17• ¹⁷The Lord is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works. (Psa. 145:17)

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Jer. 12:1• ¹Righteous art thou, O Lord, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously? (Jer. 12:1)

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Dan. 9:7,14• ⁷O Lord, righteousness belongeth unto thee, but unto us confusion of faces, as at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto all Israel, that are near, and that are far off, through all the countries whither thou hast driven them, because of their trespass that they have trespassed against thee.
¹⁴Therefore hath the Lord watched upon the evil, and brought it upon us: for the Lord our God is righteous in all his works which he doeth: for we obeyed not his voice. (Dan. 9:7,14)

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Rom. 3:25‑26• ²⁵Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;
²⁶To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus. (Rom. 3:25‑26)

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Rom. 9:14• ¹⁴What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid. (Rom. 9:14)

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Rev. 15:3• ³And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints. (Rev. 15:3)

• He will bring near the knowledge of Him who dwelleth afar. (“Job 32-37” by S. Ridout)

J. N. Darby Translation

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

JND Translation Notes

Strictly, "Worker," here.