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Job Capítulo 37
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Job 37:1-24.
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Job 37:1-24.
1. At this--when I hear the thundering of the Divine Majesty. Perhaps the storm already had begun, out of which God was to address Job
(Job 38:1).
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2. 留心听（Hear attentively）——听那雷声等等，然后你们就会感到大有理由战兢。
声音（sound）——指雷声的“隆隆”。
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2. Hear attentively--the thunder (noise), &c., and then you will feel that there is good reason to tremble.
sound--muttering of the thunder.
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3. 引导它（directeth it）——无论闪电的路径多么曲折；或更可能是指雷声隆隆的滚动。表明神无所不包的大能。
极处（ends）——原文作“翅膀”、“衣边”，可居住之地常被比作铺张的衣裳（伯38:13；赛11:12）。
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3. directeth it--however zigzag the lightning's course; or, rather, it applies to the pealing roll of the thunder. God's all-embracing power.
ends--literally, "wings," "skirts," the habitable earth being often compared to an extended garment
(Job 38:13; Isa 11:12).
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4. 雷声在闪光之后隔一时才发出。
封住它们（stay them）——当雷声发出时，祂不拦阻闪电（伯37:3）[毛雷尔（MAURER）]。更当把“它们”解作雷声常伴随之物，即雨和雹[翁布雷特（UMBREIT）]（伯40:9）。
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4. The thunderclap follows at an interval after the flash.
stay them--He will not hold back the lightnings
(Job 37:3),
when the thunder is heard [MAURER]. Rather, take "them" as the usual concomitants of thunder, namely, rain and hail [UMBREIT]
(Job 40:9).
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5. （伯36:26；诗65:6，139:14）。这描述的崇高之处在于：神在风暴中无处不在，随己意引导其去向[巴恩斯（BARNES）]。参诗29:1-11，那里与这里一样，神的“声音”以壮丽的果效被反复使用。阿拉伯的雷声极其可畏。
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(Job 36:26; Ps 65:6; 139:14).
The sublimity of the description lies in this, that God is everywhere in the storm, directing it whither He will [BARNES]. See
Ps 29:1-11,
where, as here, the "voice" of God is repeated with grand effect. The thunder in Arabia is sublimely terrible.
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6. 要（Be）——比“落下”更有力，如翁布雷特（UMBREIT）译创1:3。
小雨……云云（to the small rain, &c.）——祂说：要降在地上。雨由“小”渐“大”，以复数“大雨”（边注）紧随单数“雨”来表达。冬雨（歌2:11）。
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6. Be--more forcible than "fall," as UMBREIT translates
Ge 1:3.
to the small rain, &c.--He saith, Be on the earth. The shower increasing from "small" to "great," is expressed by the plural "showers" (Margin), following the singular "shower." Winter rain
(So 2:11).
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7. 神在冬日止住人的户外活动。
封住（sealeth）——即关闭（伯9:7）。人的“手”那时被捆绑。
他的作为（his work）——与人自己的作为（“手”）相对；平时人的作为忙碌，以致容易忘记自己依赖神。翁布雷特（UMBREIT）更字面地译作：“好叫一切祂所造的人（原文作‘属祂所造的’）都被带到承认的地步。”
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7. In winter God stops man's out-of-doors activity.
sealeth--closeth up
(Job 9:7).
Man's "hands" are then tied up.
his work--in antithesis to man's own work ("hand") which at other times engages men so as to make them liable to forget their dependence on God. UMBREIT more literally translates, That all men whom He has made (literally, "of His making") may be brought to acknowledgment."
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8. 留（remain）——在它们的巢穴中安息。在寒冷时它们无法觅食，许多动物便躺卧蛰伏——一种不需食物的状态——这是安排得极美的。田野的荒凉，出于神的吩咐，被诗意地生动描绘。
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8. remain--rest in their lairs. It is beautifully ordered that during the cold, when they could not obtain food, many lie torpid, a state wherein they need no food. The desolation of the fields, at God's bidding, is poetically graphic.
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9. 南方（south）——原文作“宫室”；与南方相连（伯9:9）。旋风被诗意地视为被神关闭在祂南方的宫室中，祂从那里释放它们（如伯38:22；诗135:7）。至于南方的旋风（参赛21:1；亚9:14），它们驱赶着前面的烧灼沙土；主要在二月至五月。
北方（the north）——原文作“分散”；北风驱散云层。
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9. south--literally, "chambers"; connected with the south
(Job 9:9).
The whirlwinds are poetically regarded as pent up by God in His southern chambers, whence He sends them forth (so
Job 38:22; Ps 135:7).
As to the southern whirlwinds (see
Isa 21:1; Zec 9:14),
they drive before them burning sands; chiefly from February to May.
the north--literally, "scattering"; the north wind scatters the clouds.
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10. 神的气（the breath of God）——诗意地指产生冰的北风。
霜（frost）——更当译作“冰”。
收缩（straitened）——物理上准确；霜把膨胀的液体压缩或收缩为凝结的块状（伯38:29、30；诗147:17、18）。
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10. the breath of God--poetically, for the ice-producing north wind.
frost--rather, "ice."
straitened--physically accurate; frost compresses or contracts the expanded liquid into a congealed mass
(Job 38:29, 30; Ps 147:17, 18).
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11-13. 雷雨云如何被驱散，或被神用以惩治或施怜悯。
滋润（by watering）——即以水加载它。
疲倦（wearieth）——加重它的负担，使它落雨；故“疲倦”对应平行的“散布”（参伯37:9注释）；两者的结果都是晴空。
明云（bright cloud）——原文作“祂的光之云”，即祂闪电之云。翁布雷特（UMBREIT）将“滋润”云云译作：“光亮驱散云彩，祂的光散射厚云”；平行句整齐，但希伯来文难以支持。
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11-13. How the thunderclouds are dispersed, or else employed by God, either for correction or mercy.
by watering--by loading it with water.
wearieth--burdeneth it, so that it falls in rain; thus "wearieth" answers to the parallel "scattereth" (compare, see on
Job 37:9);
a clear sky resulting alike from both.
bright cloud--literally, "cloud of his light," that is, of His lightning. UMBREIT for "watering," &c., translates; "Brightness drives away the clouds, His light scattereth the thick clouds"; the parallelism is thus good, but the Hebrew hardly sanctions it.
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12. it——指那闪电之云。
counsels——指引
(Ps 148:8);
字面意为“掌舵”;云彩顺从神的指引,正如船只听从舵手。闪电亦然(见
Job 36:31, 32);
其运行绝非出于偶然。
they——即云彩,隐含于集合单数“it”之中。
face of the world等——大地圆形的表面。
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12. it--the cloud of lightning.
counsels--guidance
(Ps 148:8);
literally, "steering"; the clouds obey God's guidance, as the ship does the helmsman. So the lightning (see on
Job 36:31, 32);
neither is haphazard in its movements.
they--the clouds, implied in the collective singular "it."
face of the world, &c.--in the face of the earth's circle.
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13. 字面意为:“他使它(雨云)寻得位置”,无论是为责罚,若是(注定)归他的地(即人所居住之地——神所对付的是人,与那些无人居住之地相对,雨在别的时候被指定降在那里,
Job 38:26, 27)——还是为恩慈。“若是注定归他的地”乃括号中的假设[MAURER]。在英文译本中,这一句破坏了“杖”(旁注)与“恩慈”之间均衢的对仗
(Ps 68:9; Ge 7:1-24)。
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13. Literally, "He maketh it (the rain-cloud) find place," whether for correction, if (it be destined) for His land (that is, for the part inhabited by man, with whom God deals, as opposed to the parts uninhabited, on which rain is at other times appointed to fall,
Job 38:26, 27)
or for mercy. "If it be destined for His land" is a parenthetical supposition [MAURER]. In English Version, this clause spoils the even balance of the antithesis between the "rod" (Margin) and "mercy"
(Ps 68:9; Ge 7:1-24).
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(Ps 111:2)。
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(Ps 111:2).
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15. when——更宜作“如何”。
disposed them——对这些“奇事”
(Job 37:14)
发命,使之兴起。
light——闪电。
shine——闪光。光何以能从黑云雷云中发出?
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15. when--rather, "how."
disposed them--lays His charge on these "wonders"
(Job 37:14)
to arise.
light--lightning.
shine--flash. How is it that light arises from the dark thundercloud?
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16. 希伯来文,“你能明白云之均衡”等等吗,即云何以在空中保持平衡,使其含水的重力不致坠落于地?凝结的水汽因重力下降,遇到较暖的温度,便化为蒸汽(其趋势为上升),从而抵消了下降之力。
perfect in knowledge——指神;并非如以利户用在自己身上之意\n (Job 36:4)。
dost thou know——如何等等。
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16. Hebrew, "Hast thou understanding of the balancings," &c., how the clouds are poised in the air, so that their watery gravity does not bring them to the earth? The condensed moisture, descending by gravity, meets a warmer temperature, which dissipates it into vapor (the tendency of which is to ascend) and so counteracts the descending force.
perfect in knowledge--God; not here in the sense that Elihu uses it of himself
(Job 36:4).
dost thou know--how, &c.
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17. thy garments等——即你知道你的身体如何发热,以致你的衣服都受热气影响么?
south wind——字面作“南方之区”。“当他借(在)南风使地(即大气)静息(且闷热)”\n (So 4:16)。
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17. thy garments, &c.--that is, dost thou know how thy body grows warm, so as to affect thy garments with heat?
south wind--literally, "region of the south." "When He maketh still (and sultry) the earth (that is, the atmosphere) by (during) the south wind"
(So 4:16).
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18. with him——如他所行\n (Job 40:15)。
spread out——赋予广阔。
strong pieces——坚固;由此而有“穹苍”(“扩张”,\n Ge 1:6,
旁注;\n Isa 44:24)。
molten looking glass——明亮晴空的形象。镜子当时由镕铸打磨的金属制成,不是玻璃。
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18. with him--like as He does
(Job 40:15).
spread out--given expanse to.
strong pieces--firm; whence the term "firmament" ("expansion,"
Ge 1:6,
Margin;
Isa 44:24).
molten looking glass--image of the bright smiling sky. Mirrors were then formed of molten polished metal, not glass.
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19. 人无法解释神的奇事;所以我们应当哑口无言,不可与神争辩。若约伯认为我们应当,(就)“让他指教我们当说什么”。
order——构造。
darkness——心思的黑暗;无知。“当眼睛在大胆与神争辩时转向光明的诸天,就被弄到眼目昏花”\n (Job 37:18)
[UMBREIT]。
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19. Men cannot explain God's wonders; we ought, therefore, to be dumb and not contend with God. If Job thinks we ought, "let him teach us, what we shall say."
order--frame.
darkness--of mind; ignorance. "The eyes are bewilderingly blinded, when turned in bold controversy with God towards the sunny heavens"
(Job 37:18)
[UMBREIT].
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20. 我这必死之人对神作为所说的话,不配被告诉他。与约伯愿在神面前“说话”相反\n (Job 13:3, 18-22)。
if . . . surely he shall be swallowed up——平行结构更支持 UMBREIT:“人敢(在他面前抱怨)说话,称自己(无故)正被毁灭么?”
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20. What I a mortal say against God's dealings is not worthy of being told HIM. In opposition to Job's wish to "speak" before God
(Job 13:3, 18-22).
if . . . surely he shall be swallowed up--The parallelism more favors UMBREIT, "Durst a man speak (before Him, complaining) that he is (without cause) being destroyed?"
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21. cleanseth——即清除空中的云。当太阳那先前被“云”遮蔽的“亮光”因风吹云散而突然从云后射出时,其效令人目眩;照样,若神如今隐藏的威严突然以其全备光辉显现,必以黑暗遮蔽约伯的眼——因他正渴慕它(参,见\n Job 37:19)
[UMBREIT]。正因为如今人看不见明亮的日光(神那目眩的威严),因当中隔着的“云”\n (Job 26:9),
他们才敢于在神面前“说话”\n (Job 37:20)。
这是神显现的前奏\n (Job 38:1)。
这些话在以利户所不及之意上——但或许圣灵所含之意上——也是真的。约伯与其他受苦者不能透过试炼的云看见神脸上的光:但风即将吹散它们,神必再显现:只要他们忍耐等候,因他仍然发光,虽一时他们看不见他(见\n Job 37:23)。
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21. cleanseth--that is, cleareth the air of clouds. When the "bright light" of the sun, previously not seen through "clouds," suddenly shines out from behind them, owing to the wind clearing them away, the effect is dazzling to the eye; so if God's majesty, now hidden, were suddenly revealed in all its brightness, it would spread darkness over Job's eyes, anxious as he is for it (compare, see on
Job 37:19)
[UMBREIT]. It is because now man sees not the bright sunlight (God's dazzling majesty), owing to the intervening "clouds"
(Job 26:9),
that they dare to wish to "speak" before God
(Job 37:20).
Prelude to God's appearance
(Job 38:1).
The words also hold true in a sense not intended by Elihu, but perhaps included by the Holy Ghost. Job and other sufferers cannot see the light of God's countenance through the clouds of trial: but the wind will soon clear them off, and God shall appear again: let them but wait patiently, for He still shines, though for a time they see Him not (see on
Job 37:23).
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22. 更宜作:“金色的光辉。”MAURER 译作“金”。金产于北方。但神不能被“查出”,因他的“威严”\n (Job 37:23)。
如此便与第二十八章相对应;英文译本更为简明。
the north——明亮主要与之相关(见\n Job 23:9)。
此处或因北风使空气清明\n (Pr 25:23)。
如此,本句对应于\n Job 37:21
的末句;而本节第二句对应于\n Job 37:21
的首句。倒装平行体。(见\n Isa 14:13; Ps 48:2)。
with God——更宜作:“在神之上”,如衣裳\n (Ps 104:1, 2)。
majesty——光辉。
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22. Rather, "golden splendor." MAURER translates "gold." It is found in northern regions. But God cannot be "found out," because of His "Majesty"
(Job 37:23).
Thus the twenty-eighth chapter corresponds; English Version is simpler.
the north--Brightness is chiefly associated with it (see on
Job 23:9).
Here, perhaps, because the north wind clears the air
(Pr 25:23).
Thus this clause answers to the last of
Job 37:21;
as the second of this verse to the first of
Job 37:21.
Inverted parallelism. (See
Isa 14:13; Ps 48:2).
with God--rather, "upon God," as a garment
(Ps 104:1, 2).
majesty--splendor.
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23. afflict——欺压性地,以致“颠倒审判”,如约伯所暗示(见\n Job 8:3);
但见\n Job 37:21
注释末。“他不回答”的读法,即不交代他的作为,像是抄写者从\n Job 33:13,
旁记所作的更正。
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23. afflict--oppressively, so as to "pervert judgment" as Job implied (see on
Job 8:3);
but see on
Job 37:21,
end of note. The reading, "He answereth not," that is, gives no account of His dealings, is like a transcriber's correction, from
Job 33:13,
Margin.
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24. do——更宜作:“当”。
wise——在自己眼中为智。
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24. do--rather, "ought."
wise--in their own conceits.
伯37:1-24。
1. 因此（At this）——当我听见神圣威严所发的雷声之时。也许风暴已经兴起，神正是要从中向约伯说话（伯38:1）。