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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 wisdom, where shall it be found? and where is the place of understanding?
¹³Man knoweth not the value thereof; and it is not found in the land of the living.
²⁰Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?
²¹For it is hidden from the eyes of all living, and concealed from the fowl of the heavens.
²²Destruction and death say, We have heard its report with our ears.
²³God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth its place:
²⁴For he looketh to the ends of the earth, he seeth under the whole heaven. (Job 28:12‑13,20‑24)

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Job 32:8• ⁸But there is a spirit which is in man; and the breath 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 hidden treasures:
⁵then shalt thou understand the fear of Jehovah, and find the knowledge of God. (Prov. 2:4‑5)

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Matt. 2:1‑2• ¹Now Jesus having been born in Bethlehem of Judaea, in the days of Herod the king, behold magi from the east arrived at Jerusalem, saying,
²Where is the king of the Jews that has been born? for we have seen his star in the east, and have come to do him homage. (Matt. 2:1‑2)

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

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Acts 8:27‑40• ²⁷And he rose up and went. And lo, an Ethiopian, a eunuch, a man in power under Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who was over all her treasure, who had come to worship at Jerusalem,
²⁸was returning and sitting in his chariot: and he was reading the prophet Esaias.
²⁹And the Spirit said to Philip, Approach and join this chariot.
³⁰And Philip, running up, heard him reading the prophet Esaias, and said, Dost thou then know what thou art reading of?
³¹And he said, How should I then be able unless some one guide me? And he begged Philip to come up and sit with him.
³²And the passage of the scripture which he read was this: He was led as a sheep to slaughter, and as a lamb is dumb in presence of him that shears him, thus he opens not his mouth.
³³In his humiliation his judgment has been taken away, and who shall declare his generation? for his life is taken from the earth.
³⁴And the eunuch answering Philip said, I pray thee, concerning whom does the prophet say this? of himself or of some other?
³⁵And Philip, opening his mouth and beginning from that scripture, announced the glad tidings of Jesus to him.
³⁶And as they went along the way, they came upon a certain water, and the eunuch says, Behold water; what hinders my being baptised?
³⁷(Verse 37 is omitted in this translation.)
³⁸And he commanded the chariot to stop. And they went down both to the water, both Philip and the eunuch, and he baptised him.
³⁹But when they came up out of the water the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip, and the eunuch saw him no longer, for he went on his way rejoicing.
⁴⁰And Philip was found at Azotus, and passing through he announced the glad tidings to all the cities till he came to Caesarea. (Acts 8:27‑40)

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Rom. 10:6‑8• ⁶But the righteousness of faith speaks thus: Do not say in thine heart, Who shall ascend to the heavens? that is, to bring Christ down;
⁷or, Who shall descend into the abyss? that is, to bring up Christ from among the dead.
⁸But what says it? The word is near thee, 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• ⁵But if any one of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all freely and reproaches not, and it shall be given to him:
¹⁷Every good gift and every perfect gift comes down from above, from the Father of lights, with whom is no variation nor shadow of turning. (James 1:5,17)

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James 3:17• ¹⁷But the wisdom from above first is pure, then peaceful, gentle, yielding, full of mercy and good fruits, unquestioning, unfeigned. (James 3:17)

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Job 32:2• ²Then was kindled the anger of Elihu the son of Barachel, the Buzite, of the family of Ram: against Job was his anger 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 wickedness from *God, and wrong from the Almighty!
¹¹For a man's work will he render to him, and cause every one to find according to his way.
¹²Yea, surely, *God acteth not wickedly, and the Almighty perverteth not 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 righteousness; A *God of faithfulness without deceit, Just and right is he. (Deut. 32:4)

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Psa. 11:7• ⁷For righteous is Jehovah; he loveth righteousness, his countenance doth behold the upright. (Psa. 11:7)

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Psa. 145:17• ¹⁷Jehovah is righteous in all his ways, and kind in all his works. (Psa. 145:17)

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Jer. 12:1• ¹Righteous art thou, Jehovah, when I plead with thee; yet will I speak with thee of thy judgments. Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they at ease that deal very treacherously? (Jer. 12:1)

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Dan. 9:7,14• ⁷Thine, O Lord, is the righteousness, but unto us confusion of face, 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, in all the countries whither thou hast driven them, because of their unfaithfulness in which they have been unfaithful against thee.
¹⁴And Jehovah hath watched over the evil, and brought it upon us; for Jehovah our God is righteous in all his works which he hath done; and we have not hearkened unto his voice. (Dan. 9:7,14)

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Rom. 3:25‑26• ²⁵whom God has set forth a mercy-seat, through faith in his blood, for the shewing forth of his righteousness, in respect of the passing by the sins that had taken place before, through the forbearance of God;
²⁶for the shewing forth of his righteousness in the present time, so that he should be just, and justify him that is of the faith of Jesus. (Rom. 3:25‑26)

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Rom. 9:14• ¹⁴What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? Far be the thought. (Rom. 9:14)

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Rev. 15:3• ³And they sing the song of Moses bondman of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and wonderful are thy works, Lord God Almighty; righteous and true are thy ways, O King of nations. (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.