Job 34:29
When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth his face, who then can behold him? whether it be done against a nation, or against a man only:
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Study Note
Elihu's reflection on divine hiddenness — 'when he gives quietness, who can make trouble? and when he hides his face, who then can behold him?' — raises the question of divine silence as a form of sovereign activity. The question cuts both ways: when God gives peace, no adversity can disturb it; when God withdraws his face, no seeker can find him. Both aspects are expressions of divine sovereignty — God's presence and absence are equally beyond human manipulation. This teaching speaks into Job's experience of divine hiddenness that dominated the dialogue (Job 23:3, 8-9: 'if only I knew where to find him'), providing a partial answer: the hiddenness itself is a divine prerogative. The verse anticipates Isaiah 45:15's 'you are a God who hides himself' and the mystical tradition of the deus absconditus.
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When he giveth quietness, who then can condemn? And when he hideth his face, who then can behold him? Alike whether it be done unto a nation, or unto a man:
And He giveth rest, and who maketh wrong? And hideth the face, and who beholdeth it? And in reference to a nation and to a man, <FI>It is<Fi> the same.
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