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:
Note d'étude
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.
Autres traductions
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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