Job 36:2

“Suffer me a little, etc.] Bear with me a little longer, and allow me to say a few words more. I have but little more to say, and it will take but a little time to say it in; thus, proposing brevity, he hoped to be heard with patience, since he should not long trespass upon it. The word used has the signification of a crown; but not to be understood in the sense of surrounding, as a crown surrounds the head, as some, who interpret it, stand about me, surround me, in order to hear; for this cannot with propriety be said to a single person; but rather in the sense of doing honour, as Aben Ezra; and so the meaning may be, do me the honour of giving; me thy presence a little longer, and hearing…”

“Suffer me a little - Even beyond the regular order of speaking; or, allow me to go on though I have fully occupied my place in the “number” of speeches. Jarchi remarks that this verse is “Chaldaic,” and it is worthy of observation that the principal words in it are not those ordinarily used in Hebrew to express the same thought, but are such as occur in the Chaldee. The word rendered “suffer” (כתר kâthar) has here a signification which occurs only an Syriac and Chaldee. It properly means in Hebrew: to “surround,” in a hostile sense; Judges 20:43; Psalms 22:12; then in the Hiphil to crown oneself. In Syriac and Chaldee, it means “to wait” - perhaps from the idea of going round and round -…”

“Suffer: Job 21:3, Job 33:31-33; Heb 13:22 I have yet to speak: etc. Heb. there are yet words for God, Job 13:7, Job 13:8, Job 33:6; Exo 4:16; Jer 15:19; Eze 2:7; Co2 5:20 Job 36:3”