SEV Biblia, Chapter 34:18
¿Por ventura se ha de decir al rey: Perverso; y a los príncipes: Impíos?
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Job 34:18
Verse 18. Is it fit to say to a king, Thou art wicked? ] The sentence is very short, and is thus translated by the VULGATE: Qui dicit regi, Apostata? Qui vocat duces impios? "Who says to a king, Apostate? Who calls leaders impious ?" Literally, Who calls a king Belial? Who calls princes wicked? Civil governors should be treated with respect; no man should speak evil of the ruler of the people. This should never be permitted. Even where the man cannot be respected, because his moral conduct is improper, even there the office is sacred, and should be reverenced. He who permits himself to talk against the man, would destroy the office and authority, if he could.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 16-30 - Elihu appeals directly to Job himself. Could he suppose that God wa like those earthly princes, who hate right, who are unfit to rule, an prove the scourges of mankind? It is daring presumption to condem God's proceedings, as Job had done by his discontents. Elihu suggest divers considerations to Job, to produce in him high thoughts of God and so to persuade him to submit. Job had often wished to plead his cause before God. Elihu asks, To what purpose? All is well that God does, and will be found so. What can make those uneasy, whose soul dwell at ease in God? The smiles of all the world cannot quiet those of whom God frowns.
Original Hebrew
האמר 559 למלך 4428 בליעל 1100 רשׁע 7563 אל 413 נדיבים׃ 5081
