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Job 27:11,12

In verse 12, Job recognised that his friends had already said such things. But their speeches were foolish because they were trying to accuse Job. For example, when Zophar spoke about wicked people (chapter 20), he was really thinking about Job.

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See also Job 27:11,12 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Job 27:11. _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...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    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 rende...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 27 JOB'S CLOSING WORDS IN SELF-VINDICATION _ 1. My righteousness I hold fast (Job 27:1)_ 2. The contrast between himself and the wicked (Job 27:7) Job 27:1. Zophar, the third friend, no long...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    THIRD SPEECH OF ZOPHAR. He once more reiterates, in spite of all Job has said, that the wicked shall perish. He bursts out Let mine enemy be as God's enemy. I can wish him no worse doom. In Job 27:8 t...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    I WILL TEACH YOU. This is Zophar _'_. third and last address. (1) It is required by the Structure on p. 669 to complete the symmetry of the book. (2) The sentiments of Job 27:11 -- Job 28:28 demand it...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _by the hand of God_ Rather, CONCERNING the hand of God. In a brief preface Job intimates that he will instruct his friends regarding the hand of God, that is, His operation, His method of dealing wit...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The disastrous fate of the wicked man at the hand of God. Job 27:7-10 drew a contrast between the internal state of the mind of the speaker and that of the sinner; in these verses the contrast is pur...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    BY THE HAND OF GOD— i.e. By such arguments as are irresistible; by the arguments which you have all along dignified with that title; referring to chap. Job 18:21 and Job 20:29. Heath. Houbigant render...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    B. NO BELIEVERS ANONYMOUS, I.E., NO UNIVERSAL SALVATION (Job 27:7-23) TEXT 27:7-23 7 LET MINE ENEMY BE AS THE WICKED, And let him that riseth up against me be as the unrighteous. 8 For what is th...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _I WILL TEACH YOU BY THE HAND OF GOD: THAT WHICH IS WITH THE ALMIGHTY WILL I NOT CONCEAL._ These words are contrary to Job's previous sentiments (notes, Job 21:22; Job 24:22). They therefore seem to b...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    JOB'S EIGHTH SPEECH (CONCLUDED) 1-6. Job protests that he is innocent. Job 27:1 are an enlargement of what Job had previously said (Job 13:16) of his determination not to admit that he was being puni...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    I WILL TEACH YOU. — Better, _I will teach you of the hand of God;_ or, _what is in the power of God. _...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    אֹורֶ֣ה אֶתְכֶ֣ם בְּ יַד ־אֵ֑ל אֲשֶׁ֥ר עִם

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    XXII. THE OUTSKIRTS OF HIS WAYS Job 26:1; Job 27:1 Job SPEAKS BEGINNING his reply Job is full of scorn and sarcasm. "How hast thou helped one without power! How hast thou saved the strengthless...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    THE JUSTICE OF GOD Job 27:1 Zophar ought now to have taken up the discourse, but, as he is silent, Job proceeds. First he renews _his protestations of integrity,_ Job 27:1. He denies the charge of be...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    There would seem to have been a pause after Job's answer to Bildad. The suggestion is that he waited for Zophar, and seeing that Zophar was silent, he took the initiative, and made general reply. This...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    I will teach you by the hand of (g) God: [that] which [is] with the Almighty will I not conceal. (g) That is, what God reserves for himself, and of which he gives not knowledge to all....

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Hand, or grace of God. --- Hath, how he acts, and with what design. (Calmet) --- Quid disponat Deus. (St. Augustine)_...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (11) В¶ I will teach you by the hand of God: that which is with the Almighty will I not conceal. (12) Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; why then are ye thus altogether vain? (13) This is the por...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 4 THROUGH 31. As to the friends of Job, they do not call for any extended remarks. They urge the doctrine that God's earthly government is a full measure and...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    I WILL TEACH YOU BY THE HAND OF GOD,.... To serve God, and speak truth, says one of the Jewish commentators g; rather the works of God, and methods of his providence, with wicked men and hypocrites; t...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    I will teach you by the hand of God: [that] which [is] with the Almighty will I not conceal. Ver. 11. _I will teach you by the hand of God_] That is, by the help of God, συν Yεω, or concerning the ha...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _I will teach you by the hand of God_ That is, by God's help and inspiration; or, by such arguments as are irresistible. The words, however, may be rendered, _concerning the hand of God;_ that is, con...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    I will teach you by the hand of God, concerning the way, the manner, in which His hand works; THAT WHICH IS WITH THE ALMIGHTY WILL I NOT CONCEAL, he would declare to his friends the very counsels and...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Belief in the Final Destruction of the Ungodly....

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    HOLDING FAST HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS (vv.1-7) In Chapter 26 Job answered Bildad fully. Bildad's last argument was very brief, and after this Zophar had nothing at all to say. Job has already won the debat...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    BY THE HAND: Or, being in the hand etc....

  • Mark Dunagan Commentaries

    "I WILL INSTRUCT YOU IN THE POWER OF GOD": In contrast to the wicked, Job could even teach his friends. number of things about God. Compare with Job 22:22....

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    11-23 Job's friends, on the same subject, spoke of the misery of wicked men before death as proportioned to their crimes; Job considered that if it were not so, still the consequences of their death...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    BY THE HAND OF GOD, i.e. by God's help and inspiration; as God is said to speak to the prophet _with_ or _by a strong_ hand, ISAIAH 8:11. I will not teach you my own vain conceits, but what God himsel...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Job 27:11 teach H3384 (H8686) hand H3027 God H410 Almighty H7706 conceal H3582 (H8762) teach -...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Remember that Job's friends had accused him of having committed some great sin; which would account for his great sorrows. The good man is naturally very indignant, and he uses the strongest possible...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Job's answer to Bildad continued. CHARACTERS: God, Job, friends. CONCLUSION: The consideration of the miserable condition of the hypocrite should engage us to be upright. KEY WORD: Hypocr...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Job 27:1. _Parable,_ equivalent to a wise, learned and conclusive speech. Job 27:2. _God hath taken away my judgment._ The old readings here are preferable. The LXX, God judgeth me thus, or so heavily...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _I will teach you by the hand of God._ GOD’S TREATMENT OF WICKED MEN Looking at Job’s lecture or address, we have to notice two things. I. Its introduction. The eleventh and twelfth verses may be r...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    JOB—NOTE ON JOB 27:11 Eliphaz claimed to speak for God in correcting Job (see Job 22:26). Job in turn declared that he received revelation from God that he could not deny ...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _JOB’S REPLY TO THE FRIENDS IN GENERAL_ Job now alone in the field. Zophar, who should have followed Bildad, and to whom Job had given opportunity to speak, has apparently nothing to say. Job, therefo...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION JOB 27:1 This chapter divides itself into three distinct portions. In the first, which extends to the end of Job 27:6, Job is engaged in maintaining, with the utmost possible solemnity (ve...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Job continued his answer and he said, As God lives, who has taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who has vexed my soul; All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils;...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Acts 20:20; Deuteronomy 4:5; Isaiah 8:11; Job 32:8; Job 4:3;...

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