Job 27:11 NIV,NKJV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 27:11-23

Job's friends had seen a great deal of the misery and destruction that attend wicked people, especially oppressors; and Job, while the heat of disputation lasted, had said as much, and with as much assurance, of their prosperity; but now that the heat of the battle was nearly over he was willing to own how far he agreed with them, and where the difference between his opinion and theirs lay. 1. He agreed with them that wicked people are miserable people, that God will surely reckon with cruel... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 27:11

I will teach you by the hand of God ,.... To serve God, and speak truth, says one of the Jewish commentators F7 Simeon Bar Tzemach. ; rather the works of God, and methods of his providence, with wicked men and hypocrites; the wisdom of God in his dispensations towards them; the reasons why he suffers them to live in outward prosperity and happiness, and what in the issue will be their case and circumstances; wherefore some render the words, "I will teach you the hand of God", or... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 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 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, אל ביד beyad El , by the hand of God, which it translates אלהא בנבואת binbuath Elaha , by the prophecy of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 27:1-23

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 (verse 2), both his actual integrity (verse 6) and his determination to hold fast his integrity as long as he lives (verses 4-6). In the second (verses 7-10) he implicates a curse upon his enemies. In the third (verses 11-23) he returns to the consideration of God's treatment of the wicked, and retracts the view... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 27:1-23

Job a victor in the controversy. After the last speech of Job the friends appear to be completely overcome and silenced, and the third of them does not venture to renew the attack. The sufferer therefore continues, in a speech of high poetic beauty, to instruct the friends, while once more insisting on his own innocence. I. INNOCENCE MAINTAINED . (Verses 2-10.) 1 . Conscious rectitude of resolve. (Verses 2-4.) In the profoundest sense that his thoughts are open to the eye of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 27:8-12

The hope of the hypocrite. Job, the man of integrity, who was determined to hold fast his integrity until death, saw plainly that the hypocrite had no ground of confidence, and he boldly makes the demand," What is the hope of the hypocrite? " It is an appeal that can receive no satisfying answer. There is no hope for him, indeed; whatever he may imagine it to be, it is as a bubble that floats on the water for a short time, then bursts, and no trace is left of it. His confidence is placed... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 27:11

I will teach you by (or, concerning) the hand of God . Job is now at last about to deliver his real sentiments respecting God's dealings with men in the world, and prefaces his. remarks with this solemn introduction, to draw special attention to them. He is aware that his previous statements on the subject, especially in Job 24:2-24 , have been overstrained and exaggerated, and wishes, now that he is uttering his last words ( Job 31:40 ), to correct his previous hasty utterances, and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 27:11

Teachings concerning God. I. THE HIGHEST TEACHINGS . Our thoughts am too much chained to the earths and too much centred in self. Even in religion we tend to subjective feelings rather than to worship—the contemplation and the service of God. Now, the chief end of revelation is to make God known to us, and the highest occupation for our minds is to rise to the thought of God. The character of God should make this clear to us. 1 . His greatness. Knowledge should seek a worthy... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 27:11-23

It is impossible to deny that this passage directly contradicts Job's former utterances, especially Job 24:2-24 . But the hypotheses which would make Job irresponsible for the present utterance and fix on him, as his steadfast conviction, the opposite theory, are unsatisfactory and have no solid basis. To suppose that Zophar is the real speaker is to imagine the absolute loss and suppression of two entire verses—one between verses 10 and 11, assigning the speech to him, and another at the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 27:11-23

Job's first parable: 2. The portion of a wicked man with God. I. JOB 'S LANGUAGE EXPLAINED . The lot, or earthly inheritance, of the ungodly Job exhibits in three particulars. 1 . The wicked man ' s family. However numerous the children that gather round a sinner's hearth, they will all be overwhelmed in eventual destruction. 2 . The wicked man's wealth. This also shall be dissipated. 3 . The wicked man ' s person. Equally with his family and possessions,... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 27:11-23

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 27:11

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 27:11

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 27:1-23

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 27:1-23

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 27:8-12

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 27:11

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 27:11

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 27:11-23

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 27:11-23

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