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■ 욥기 35장
1. 엘리후가 말을 이어 가로되
Elihu spake moreover, and said ,
2. 네가 이것을 합리하게 여기느냐 네 생각에 네가 하나님보다 의롭다 하여
Thinkest thou this to be right , that thou saidst , My righteousness is more than God’s ?
3. 이르기를 유익이 무엇인고 범죄한 것보다 내게 이익이 무엇인고 하는구나
For thou saidst , What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin ?
4. 내가 너와 및 너와 함께 있는 네 동무들에게 대답하리라
I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee.
5. 너는 하늘을 우러러 보라 네 위의 높은 궁창을 바라보라
Look unto the heavens , and see ; and behold the clouds which are higher than thou.
6. 네가 범죄한들 하나님께 무슨 영향이 있겠으며 네 죄악이 관영한들 하나님께 무슨 관계가 있겠으며
If thou sinnest , what doest thou against him? or if thy transgressions be multiplied , what doest thou unto him?
7. 네가 의로운들 하나님께 무엇을 드리겠으며 그가 네 손에서 무엇을 받으시겠느냐
If thou be righteous , what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of thine hand ?
8. 네 악은 너와 같은 사람이나 해할 따름이요 네 의는 인생이나 유익하게 할 뿐이니라
Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art; and thy righteousness may profit the son of man .
9. 사람은 학대가 많으므로 부르짖으며 세력 있는 자의 팔에 눌리므로 도움을 부르짖으나
By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry : they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty .
10. 나를 지으신 하나님 곧 사람으로 밤중에 노래하게 하시며 우리를 교육하시기를 땅의 짐승에게 하심보다 더하게 하시며 우리에게 지혜 주시기를 공중의 새에게 주심보다 더하시는 이가 어디 계신가 말하는 자가 한 사람도 없구나
But none saith , Where is God my maker , who giveth songs in the night ;
11. 상동
Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth , and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven ?
12. 그들이 악인의 교만을 인하여 거기서 부르짖으나 응락하는 자가 없음은
There they cry , but none giveth answer , because of the pride of evil men .
13. 헛된 부르짖음은 하나님이 결코 듣지 아니하시며 전능자가 돌아보지 아니 하심이라
Surely God will not hear vanity , neither will the Almighty regard it.
14. 하물며 말하기를 하나님은 뵈올 수 없고 일의 시비는 그 앞에 있으니 나는 그를 기다릴 뿐이라 하는 너랴
Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, yet judgment is before him; therefore trust thou in him.
15. 하나님이 진노하심으로 벌을 주지 아니하셨고 횡포를 심히 살피지 아니하셨으므로
But now, because it is not so, he hath visited in his anger ; yet he knoweth it not in great extremity :
16. 이제 너 욥이 헛되이 입을 열어 지식 없는 말을 많이 하는구나
Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain ; he multiplieth words without knowledge .
■ 주석 보기
【욥35:1 JFB】욥35:1-16.
【욥35:1 CWC】[WORDS OF ELIHU AND THE ADDRESS OF THE ALMIGHTY]
Elihu now comes forward with apparent modesty, and yet great pretensions. Young and inexperienced, he is nevertheless indignant at the manner in which the friends of Job have sought to reply to him. Professing that his views have been revealed from above, he undertakes to clear up all the difficulties in the case. Afflictions are for the good of the sufferer is his dictum, a thought which he exhibits in various lights.
He, too, reflects upon Job for his rashness and presumption, leaning rather to the side of his friends.
Chapter 32 is introductory, but in the following chapter he fully enters upon his argument. If Job had wished to bring his cause before God, let him now present it to him, i. e., Elihu, who assumed to take God's place. Job could not be correct in the claims he made for himself because God must be more righteous than man. God speaks to man in various ways to withdraw him from his purpose and save him from sin.
Job is not disposed to reply, although Elihu gives him an opportunity, and therefore the latter continues in chapter 34 to examine his case more particularly. Job had shown a spirit of irreverence which is rebuked. God's government is administered on principles of equity, and therefore Job must be a wicked man who is called upon to confess that his chastisement was just and to resolve to offend no more. In chapter 35, assuming that Job claimed to be more righteous than God, he examines the position, demonstrating its impossibility.
Having undertaken thus to vindicate the divine character, he proceeds in chapters 36 and 37 to state some of the principles of the divine government, illustrating, his views and showing the necessity of man's submission to God by a sublime description of the greatness of the latter, especially as manifested in the storm. To quote Barnes again, "There is in this description every indication that a storm is rising and a tempest gathering. In the midst of this tempest the address of Elihu is broken off and the Almighty appears and closes the debate."
The Address of the Almighty.
The address of the Almighty covers chapters 38 to 41, and is represented as from the midst of the tempest. Its principle object appears to be to assert God's greatness and majesty and the duty of profound submission to the dispensations of his government. He appeals to His works, showing that man could explain little, and that, therefore, it was to be expected that in His moral government there would be much also above human capacity to understand.
Job is subdued and awed, and confesses his vileness in chapter 40:3-5. To produce, however, a more overpowering impression, and secure a deeper prostration before Him, the Almighty described two of the most remarkable animals He had made, with which description His sublime address concludes.
We agree with Barnes and others, that the general impression sought by this address is that of awe, reverence and submission. That God has a right to do, and that it is presumptuous in man to sit in judgment upon His doings. It is remarkable that God does not refer to the main point in the controversy at all. He does not seek to vindicate His government from the charges brought against it of inequality, nor does He refer to the future state as a place where all these apparent inequalities will be adjusted.
Job is humbled and penitent, chapter 42. His confession is accepted, and his general course approved. His three friends are reprimanded for the severity of their judgment upon him, while he is directed to intercede for them. His calamities are ended and he is restored to double his former prosperity.
Thus God shows Himself the friend of the righteous, and the object of the trial is secured by showing that there is true virtue which is not based on selfishness, and real piety that will bear any trial to which it may be subjected.
It shows that God is able to keep the feet of His saints, and that His grace is sufficient for them who put their trust in Him. We speak of Job as triumphant, but the more vital truth is that God is triumphant in the lives of His saints above the power of the evil one.
【욥35:1 MHCC】Elihu reproves Job for justifying himself more than God, and called his attention to the heavens. They are far above us, and God is far above them; how much then is he out of the reach, either of our sins or of our services! We have no reason to complain if we have not what we expect, but should be thankful that we have better than we deserve.
【욥35:2 JFB】2. more than—rather as in 욥9:2; 25:4: "I am righteous (literally, my righteousness is) before God." The English Version, however, agrees with 욥9:17; 16:12-17; 27:2-6. 욥4:17 is susceptible of either rendering. Elihu means Job said so, not in so many words, but virtually.
【욥35:3 JFB】3. Rather, explanatory of "this" in 욥35:2, "That thou sayest (to thyself, as if a distinct person) What advantage is it (thy integrity) to thee? What profit have I (by integrity) more than (I should have) by my sin?" that is, more than if I had sinned (욥34:9). Job had said that the wicked, who use these very words, do not suffer for it (욥21:13-15); whereby he virtually sanctioned their sentiments. The same change of persons from oblique to direct address occurs (욥19:28; 22:17).
【욥35:4 JFB】4. companions—those entertaining like sentiments with thee (욥34:8, 36).
【욥35:5 JFB】5-8. Elihu like Eliphaz (욥22:2, 3, 12) shows that God is too exalted in nature to be susceptible of benefit or hurt from the righteousness or sin of men respectively; it is themselves that they benefit by righteousness, or hurt by sin.
behold the clouds, which are higher than thou—spoken with irony. Not only are they higher than thou, but thou canst not even reach them clearly with the eye. Yet these are not as high as God's seat. God is therefore too exalted to be dependent on man. Therefore He has no inducement to injustice in His dealings with man. When He afflicts, it must be from a different motive; namely, the good of the sufferer.
【욥35:6 JFB】6. what doest—how canst thou affect Him?
unto him—that can hurt Him? (렘7:19; 잠8:36).
【욥35:7 JFB】7. (시16:2; 잠9:12; Lu 17:10).
【욥35:9 JFB】9. (전4:1.) Elihu states in Job's words (Job 24. 12; 30. 20) the difficulty; the "cries" of "the oppressed" not being heard might lead man to think that wrongs are not punished by Him.
【욥35:9 MHCC】Job complained that God did not regard the cries of the oppressed against their oppressors. This he knew not how to reconcile the justice of God and his government. Elihu solves the difficulty. Men do not notice the mercies they enjoy in and under their afflictions, nor are thankful for them, therefore they cannot expect that God should deliver them out of affliction. He gives songs in the night; when our condition is dark and melancholy, there is that in God's providence and promise, which is sufficient to support us, and to enable us even to rejoice in tribulation. When we only pore upon our afflictions, and neglect the consolations of God which are treasured up for us, it is just in God to reject our prayers. Even the things that will kill the body, cannot hurt the soul. If we cry to God for the removal of an affliction, and it is not removed, the reason is, not because the Lord's hand is shortened, or his ear heavy; but because we are not sufficiently humbled.
【욥35:10 JFB】10-13. But the reason is that the innocent sufferers often do not humbly seek God for succor; so to their "pride" is to be laid the blame of their ruin; also because (욥35:13-16) they, as Job, instead of waiting God's time in pious trust, are prone to despair of His justice, when it is not immediately visible (욥33:19-26). If the sufferer would apply to God with a humbled, penitent spirit, He would hear.
Where, &c.—(렘2:6, 8; 사51:13).
songs—of joy at deliverance (시42:8; 149:5; 행16:25).
in the night—unexpectedly (욥34:20, 25). Rather, "in calamity."
【욥35:11 JFB】11. Man's spirit, which distinguishes him from the brute, is the strongest proof of God's beneficence; by the use of it we may understand that God is the Almighty helper of all sufferers who humbly seek Him; and that they err who do not so seek Him.
fowls—(see on 욥28:21).
【욥35:12 JFB】12. There—rather, "Then" (when none humbly casts himself on God, 욥35:10). They cry proudly against God, rather than humbly to God. So, as the design of affliction is to humble the sufferer, there can be no answer until "pride" gives place to humble, penitent prayer (시10:4; 렘13:17).
【욥35:13 JFB】13. vanity—that is, cries uttered in an unhumbled spirit, 욥35:12, which applies in some degree to Job's cries; still more to those of the wicked (욥27:9; 잠15:29).
【욥35:14 JFB】14. Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him—(as a temporal deliverer; for he did look for a Redeemer after death,욥19:25-27; which passage cannot consistently with Elihu's assertion here be interpreted of "seeing" a temporal "redeemer"), 욥7:7; 9:11; 23:3, 8, 9; yet, judgment … ; therefore trust … But the Hebrew favors Maurer, "How much less (will God … regard, 욥35:13), since thou sayest, that He does not regard thee." So in 욥4:19. Thus Elihu alludes to Job's words (욥19:7; 30:20).
judgment—that is, thy cause, thy right; as in 시9:16; 잠31:5, 8.
trust—rather, "wait thou" on Him, patiently, until He take up thy cause (시37:7).
【욥35:14 MHCC】As in prosperity we are ready to think our mountain will never be brought low; so when in adversity, we are ready to think our valley will never be filled up. But to conclude that to-morrow must be as this day, is as absurd as to think that the weather, when either fair or foul, will be always so. When Job looked up to God, he had no reason to speak despairingly. There is a day of judgment, when all that seems amiss will be found to be right, and all that seems dark and difficult will be cleared up and set straight. And if there is Divine wrath in our troubles, it is because we quarrel with God, are fretful, and distrust Divine Providence. This was Job's case. Elihu was directed by God to humble Job, for as to some things he had both opened his mouth in vain, and had multiplied words without knowledge. Let us be admonished, in our afflictions, not so much to set forth the greatness of our suffering, as the greatness of the mercy of God.
【욥35:15 JFB】15.As it is, because Job waited not trustingly and patiently (욥35:14; 민20:12; 습3:2; 미7:9), God hath visited … ; yet still he has not taken (severe) cognizance of the great multitude (English Version wrongly, "extremity") of sins; therefore Job should not complain of being punished with undue severity (욥7:20; 11:6). Maurer translates: "Because His anger hath not visited (hath not immediately punished Job for his impious complaints), nor has He taken strict (great) cognizance of his folly (sinful speeches); therefore," &c. For "folly," Umbreit translates with the Rabbins, "multitude." Gesenius reads with the Septuagint and Vulgate needlessly, "transgression."
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