“I will teach you by the hand of God: that which is with the Almighty will I not conceal.”
I will teach you concerning the hand of God; what is with the Almighty I will not conceal, shifting Job's voice to prophetic teaching mode, asserting his authority to instruct others concerning divine action. The announcement that Job will teach concerning God's hand positions Job as having comprehension of divine action that he is now ready to share. The assertion that Job will not conceal what is with the Almighty suggests revelation or disclosure, implying that Job possesses knowledge previously hidden or withheld. This moment establishes Job's transition from complaint to testimony, from questioning to instruction.
Church Fathers on Job 27:11
Or will he be able to delight himself in the Almighty? For he that is overcome by the love of earthly things, in no degree delights himself in God. The soul indeed can never exist without its delight, for it delights itself either in things below or in things above, and in proportion as it is employed with higher devotion towards those above, it grows deadened with the greater loathing towards those below, and as it glows with a keener interest for those below, it cools in…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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