The Meaning of Job 36:4 Explained

Job 36:4

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

YLT: For, truly, my words are not false, The perfect in knowledge is with thee.

Darby: For truly my words shall be no falsehood: one perfect in knowledge is with thee.

ASV: For truly my words are not false: One that is perfect in knowledge is with thee.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Job 36:4 Mean?

Context Summary

Job 36:1-33 - He Despiseth Not Any
God is mighty, but He does not despise thee, though thou be the least of saints. His eyes are upon thee for good, and He will set thee before His throne forever. He will stoop to thy low dungeon, whispering instruction to thine ear and commanding thee to return. There are broad places before thee in which there shall be no straitness; tables await thee full of fatness. Thy path leads from thy present prison-house into liberty and light.
Remember the unsearchable numbers of His years. Behold the wonderful machinery by which He collects from ocean, lake, and stream the clouds which, like floating cisterns, carry the waters to be bleached in the snow of the hills, and oxidized in the torrent beds! There is more love than terror in creation. Nature's myriad voices proclaim with Scripture, "God is love." He cannot, therefore, be indifferent to the righteous man or neglect him. He may discipline him to make him hate sin; but, when this end is attained, He will assuredly withdraw His rod, Job 36:10-11. [source]

Chapter Summary: Job 36

1  Elihu shows how God is just in his ways
16  How Job's sins hinder God's blessings
24  God's works are to be magnified

What do the individual words in Job 36:4 mean?

For truly not FALSE my words [are] one who is perfect in knowledge [is] with you
כִּֽי־ אָ֭מְנָם לֹא־ שֶׁ֣קֶר מִלָּ֑י תְּמִ֖ים דֵּע֣וֹת עִמָּֽךְ

אָ֭מְנָם  truly 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: אָמְנָם  
Sense: verily, truly, surely.
שֶׁ֣קֶר  FALSE 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: שֶׁקֶר  
Sense: lie, deception, disappointment, falsehood.
מִלָּ֑י  my  words  [are] 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural construct, first person common singular
Root: מִלָּה  
Sense: word, speech, utterance.
תְּמִ֖ים  one  who  is  perfect 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular construct
Root: תָּמִים  
Sense: complete, whole, entire, sound.
דֵּע֣וֹת  in  knowledge 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural
Root: דֵּעָה  
Sense: knowledge (of God).
עִמָּֽךְ  [is]  with  you 
Parse: Preposition, second person feminine singular
Root: עִם  
Sense: with.