Bible Strands
Job 27:11
I will instruct you in the power of God. I will not conceal the ways of the Almighty.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Job addresses his three friends in the closing segment of his discourse, positioning this declaration between rhetorical questions about false devotion and a blunt accusation of their empty talk.
The words — The Hebrew verb אוֹרֶה ('o.reh) literally means "I will instruct," coupled with בְּיַד (be.yad), "in the hand," to denote the sphere of divine power. The phrase עִם שַׁדַּי (im Sha.dai) translates directly to "with the Almighty," identifying the specific source of the revealed ways.
The thread — This instructional pattern recurs in Job 4:3 where Job previously strengthened others, in Isaiah 8:11 where the LORD speaks with a strong hand to instruct, and in Psalms 71:17 where God teaches from youth to proclaim deeds.
Why it lands — The text explicitly states that God’s power and purposes will be taught without concealment. It requires readers to abandon rhetorical posturing and submit to direct, unvarnished instruction rather than defending empty theological talk.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
I will teach you by the hand of God: that which is with the Almighty will I not conceal.
Cross-references
- Psalms 71:17 O God, You have taught me from my youth, and to this day I proclaim Your marvelous deeds.
- Job 4:3 Surely you have instructed many, and have strengthened their feeble hands.
- Isaiah 8:11 For this is what the LORD has spoken to me with a strong hand, instructing me not to walk in the way of this people:
- Deuteronomy 4:5 See, 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.
- Job 6:10 It still brings me comfort, and joy through unrelenting pain, that I have not denied the words of the Holy One.
- Job 32:8 But there is a spirit in a man, the breath of the Almighty, that gives him understanding.
- Acts 20:20 I did not shrink back from declaring anything that was helpful to you as I taught you publicly and from house to house,