| Geneva Study Bible For truly my words shall not be false: he that is {b} perfect in knowledge is with thee. (b) You will perceive that I am a faithful instructor, and that I speak to you in the name of God. Wesley's Notes 36:4 He, and c. - Thou hast to do with a God of perfect knowledge, by whom all thy words and actions are weighed. Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary 4. I will not "speak wickedly for God," as the friends (Job 13:4, 7, 8)-that is, vindicate God by unsound arguments. he that is perfect, &c.-Rather, as the parallelism requires, "a man of integrity in sentiments is with thee" (is he with whom thou hast to do). Elihu means himself, as opposed to the dishonest reasonings of the friends (Job 21:34). Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary 36:1-4 Elihu only maintained that the affliction was sent for his trial; and lengthened because Job was not yet thoroughly humbled under it. He sought to ascribe righteousness to his Maker; to clear this truth, that God is righteous in all his ways. Such knowledge must be learned from the word and Spirit of God, for naturally we are estranged from it. The fitness of Elihu's discourse to the dispute between Job and his friends is plain. It pointed out to Job the true reason of those trials with which he had been pointed out to Job the true reason of those trials with which he had been visited. It taught that God had acted in mercy towards him, and the spiritual benefit he was to derive from them. It corrected the mistake of his friends, and showed that Job's calamities were for good. | 
