Job 27:11
in Job 27I will instruct you in the power of God. I will not conceal the ways of the Almighty.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
I will teach you concerning the hand of God; That which is with the Almighty will I not conceal.
KJV
I will teach you by the hand of God: that which is with the Almighty will I not conceal.
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This verse in Job 27
Commentary
8 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
I will teach you by the hand of God - Margin, “or, being in.” Coverdale, “In the name of God.” So Tindal, Noyes, “Concerning the hand of God.” Good, “Concerning the dealings of God.” The Chaldee renders it אלהא בנביאת - “By the prophecy of God.” Luther, “I will teach you by the hand of God.” The idea evidently is, that Job would instruct them by what God had done.
This site's exposition
I will instruct you in the power of God
on Job 27:11-12
"I will instruct you in the power of God" turns Job from defense to teaching. "Surely all of you have seen it for yourselves" gives the friends only the view Job has. The verse opens the section where Job describes the wicked man's end in the friends' own terms.
The record, by era
The Medieval Church1 voice
After he has shown the small value of the temporal goods which the evil possess without the hope of the just which the saints have, he shows as a consequence that the temporal goods which the impious sometimes possess are fragile. Before asserting what he …
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
What he would teach them: " That which is with the Almighty, " that is, "the counsels and purposes of God concerning wicked people, which are hidden with him, and which you cannot hastily judge of; and the usual methods of his providence concerning them." This, says Job, will I not conceal.
Job's Protestation of His Sincerity. 1 Moreover Job continued his parable, and said, 2 As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul; 3 All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils;
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The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
The fact is, it is probable that Job tacitly, by giving, in the twenty-eighth chapter, only a general answer, implies, that in spite of the wicked often dying, as he said, in prosperity, he does not mean to deny that the wicked are in the main dealt with according to right, and that God herein vindicates His moral government even here.
1 more voice on this verse
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
I will teach you by the hand of God - Relying on Divine assistance, and not speaking out of my own head, or quoting what others have said I will teach you what the mind of the Almighty is, and I will conceal nothing. Job felt that the good hand of his God was upon him, and that therefore he should make no mistake in his doctrines. In this way the Chaldee understood the words, ביד אל beyad El, by the hand of God, which it translates בנבואת אלהא binbuath Elaha, by the prophecy of God. Those who reject the literal meaning, which conveys a very good sense, may adopt the translation of Mr. Good, which has much to recommend it: “I will teach you concerning the dealings of God.”
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
I will instruct you what the standard is that is in God’s hand, and the way.. what is with the Almighty I will not conceal Like (above:10), “Because He knows the way that is with me.”
2 more on this passage, in their own words ▾
Or will he delight with the Almighty The double interrogative is like all double interrogatives.
all of you have seen that this is the portion of a wicked man.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 3 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
9 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אוֹרֶ֣ה | ʾoreh | I will instruct | H3384 → | 80 times |
| אֶתְכֶ֣ם | ʾetkhem | <obj.> you | H853 → | 10935 times |
| בְּיַד־ | beyad- | in [the] hand of | H3027 → | 1618 times |
| אֵ֑ל | ʾel | God | H410 → | 241 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ʾasher | [that] which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| עִם־ | ʾimosha- | [is] with | H5973 → | 1050 times |
| שַׁ֝דַּ֗י | shadai | [the] Almighty | H7706 → | 48 times |
| לֹ֣א | lo' | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| אֲכַחֵֽד׃ | ʾakhached | I will hide | H3582 → | 32 times |
אוֹרֶ֣הI will instruct
ʾorehH3384 →80 times
אֶתְכֶ֣ם<obj.> you
ʾetkhemH853 →10935 times
בְּיַד־in [the] hand of
beyad-H3027 →1618 times
אֵ֑לGod
ʾelH410 →241 times
אֲשֶׁ֥ר[that] which
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
עִם־[is] with
ʾimosha-H5973 →1050 times
שַׁ֝דַּ֗י[the] Almighty
shadaiH7706 →48 times
לֹ֣אnot
lo'H3808 →5168 times
אֲכַחֵֽד׃I will hide
ʾakhachedH3582 →32 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Deuteronomy 4:5See, I have taught you statutes and ordinances just as the LORD my God has commanded me, so that you may follow them in the land that you are about to enter and possess.
it leads to
- Matthew 28:20
and teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”
- 1 Thessalonians 4:1–2
Finally, brothers, we ask and encourage you in the Lord Jesus to live in a way that is pleasing to God, just as you have received from us. This is how you already live,…
- Hebrews 3:5
Now Moses was faithful as a servant in all God’s house, testifying to what would be spoken later.
- Deuteronomy 4:1
Hear now, O Israel, the statutes and ordinances I am teaching you to follow, so that you may live and may enter and take possession of the land that the LORD, the God of…
- Proverbs 22:19–20
So that your trust may be in the LORD, I instruct you today—yes, you.
- Matthew 28:20
Through
Psalms 71:17O God, You have taught me from my youth, and to this day I proclaim Your marvelous deeds.
it leads to
- Psalms 119:9
How can a young man keep his way pure? By guarding it according to Your word.
- Psalms 119:9
Through
Job 6:10It still brings me comfort, and joy through unrelenting pain, that I have not denied the words of the Holy One.
it leads to
- Job 23:12
I have not departed from the command of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my daily bread.
- Job 23:12
Through
Isaiah 8:11For this is what the LORD has spoken to me with a strong hand, instructing me not to walk in the way of this people:
it leads to
- Ezekiel 3:14
So the Spirit lifted me up and took me away, and I went in bitterness and in the anger of my spirit, with the strong hand of the LORD upon me.
- Ezekiel 3:14
Where this verse is studied
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About Job
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on Job.