Holy Scripture

Job 36:4

A church father on this verse
“For truly my words are without falsehood. Even righteous men, when they see that they cannot be understood by their feeble hearers, are frequently wont to praise the things they say. Not because they are eager for their own praise, but to inflame their hearers with an anxious desire of listening to them; in order that…”
Gregory the Dialogist, 7th c. — Morals on the Book of Job, Book XXVI

Source: Septuagint

Original

4I will speak just things truly, And thou shalt not unjustly receive unjust words.

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In context

2Wait for me yet a little while, that I may teach thee: For there is yet speech in me.

3Having fetched my knowledge from afar, And according to my works,

— Job 36:4 —

5But know that the Lord will not cast off an innocent man: Being mighty in strength of wisdom,

6He will not by any means save alive the ungodly: And he will grant the judgment of the poor.

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