Job 36:4

36:4 For in truth, my words are not false;

it is one complete ¹  in knowledge

who is with you.

Psalms 104:24

104:24 How many living things you have made, O Lord! ² 

You have exhibited great skill in making all of them; ³ 

the earth is full of the living things you have made.

Psalms 147:5

147:5 Our Lord is great and has awesome power; ⁴ 

there is no limit to his wisdom. ⁵ 

Proverbs 3:19-20

3:19 By wisdom the Lord laid the foundation of the earth; ⁶ 

he established the heavens by understanding. ⁷ 

3:20 By his knowledge the primordial sea ⁸  was broken open, ⁹ 

and the clouds drip down dew. ¹⁰ 

Jeremiah 10:12

10:12 The Lord is the one who ¹¹  by his power made the earth.

He is the one who by his wisdom established the world.

And by his understanding he spread out the skies.

[36:4]  ¹ tn The word is תְּמִים (tÿmim), often translated “perfect.” It is the same word used of Job in 2:3. Elihu is either a complete stranger to modesty or is confident regarding the knowledge that he believes God has revealed to him for this situation. See the note on the heading before 32:1.

[104:24]  ² tn Heb “How many [are] your works, O Lord.” In this case the Lord’s “works” are the creatures he has made, as the preceding and following contexts make clear.

[104:24]  ³ tn Heb “all of them with wisdom you have made.”

[147:5]  ⁴ tn Heb “and great of strength.”

[147:5]  ⁵ tn Heb “to his wisdom there is no counting.”

[3:19]  ⁶ tn Heb “founded the earth.” The verb יָסַד (yasad, “to establish; to found”) describes laying the foundation of a building (1 Kgs 5:31 [HT]; 7:10; 2 Chr 3:3; Ezra 3:10-12; Zech 4:9) and God laying the foundation of the earth (Job 38:4; Pss 24:2; 89:12; 102:26; 104:5; Isa 48:13; 51:13, 16; Zech 12:1).

[3:19]  ⁷ sn The theme of God’s use of wisdom in creation is developed in Prov 8:22-31. Because God established the world to operate according to the principle of wisdom it is impossible for anyone to live successfully in his world apart from the wisdom that only God can give.

[3:20]  ⁸ sn The word תְּהוֹמוֹת (tÿhomot, “primordial sea”) alludes to the chaotic “deep” in Gen 1:2 (BDB 1063 s.v. תְּהוֹם 3). This was viewed in the ancient world as a force to be reckoned with. However, God not only formed it but controls it (see J. Emerton, “Spring and Torrent in Ps 74:15,” VT 15 [1965]: 125).

[3:20]  ⁹ sn This might refer to God’s action of dividing the waters to form the dry ground on the third day (Gen 1:9-10) or, less likely, to the breaking up of the fountains of the deep at the flood (Gen 7:11).

[3:20]  ¹⁰ sn The two colons form a merism: The wisdom of God is behind all forces of nature, whether the violent breaking forth of its watery forces at creation or the provision of the gentle rain and dew throughout history (T. T. Perowne, Proverbs, 55).

[10:12]  ¹¹ tn The words “The Lord is” are not in the text. They are implicit from the context. They are supplied in the translation here because of the possible confusion of who the subject is due to the parenthetical address to the people of Israel in v. 11. The first two verbs are participles and should not merely be translated as the narrative past. They are predicate nominatives of an implied copula intending to contrast the Lord as the one who made the earth with the idols which did not.