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Elifaz reprende a Job

15 Respondió Elifaz temanita, y dijo:

¿Proferirá el sabio vana sabiduría,

Y llenará su vientre de viento solano?

¿Disputará con palabras inútiles,

Y con razones sin provecho?

Tú también disipas el temor,

Y menoscabas la oración delante de Dios.

Porque tu boca declaró tu iniquidad,

Pues has escogido el hablar de los astutos.

Tu boca te condenará, y no yo;

Y tus labios testificarán contra ti.

¿Naciste tú primero que Adán?

¿O fuiste formado antes que los collados?

¿Oíste tú el secreto de Dios,

Y está limitada a ti la sabiduría?

¿Qué sabes tú que no sepamos?

¿Qué entiendes tú que no se halle en nosotros?

10 Cabezas canas y hombres muy ancianos hay entre nosotros,

Mucho más avanzados en días que tu padre.

11 ¿En tan poco tienes las consolaciones de Dios,

Y las palabras que con dulzura se te dicen?

12 ¿Por qué tu corazón te aleja,

Y por qué guiñan tus ojos,

13 Para que contra Dios vuelvas tu espíritu,

Y saques tales palabras de tu boca?

14 ¿Qué cosa es el hombre para que sea limpio,

Y para que se justifique el nacido de mujer?

15 He aquí, en sus santos no confía,

Y ni aun los cielos son limpios delante de sus ojos;

16 ¿Cuánto menos el hombre abominable y vil,

Que bebe la iniquidad como agua?

17 Escúchame; yo te mostraré,

Y te contaré lo que he visto;

18 Lo que los sabios nos contaron

De sus padres, y no lo encubrieron;

19 A quienes únicamente fue dada la tierra,

Y no pasó extraño por en medio de ellos.

20 Todos sus días, el impío es atormentado de dolor,

Y el número de sus años está escondido para el violento.

21 Estruendos espantosos hay en sus oídos;

En la prosperidad el asolador vendrá sobre él.

22 Él no cree que volverá de las tinieblas,

Y descubierto está para la espada.

23 Vaga alrededor tras el pan, diciendo: ¿En dónde está?

Sabe que le está preparado día de tinieblas.

24 Tribulación y angustia le turbarán,

Y se esforzarán contra él como un rey dispuesto para la batalla,

25 Por cuanto él extendió su mano contra Dios,

Y se portó con soberbia contra el Todopoderoso.

26 Corrió contra él con cuello erguido,

Con la espesa barrera de sus escudos.

27 Porque la gordura cubrió su rostro,

E hizo pliegues sobre sus ijares;

28 Y habitó las ciudades asoladas,

Las casas inhabitadas,

Que estaban en ruinas.

29 No prosperará, ni durarán sus riquezas,

Ni extenderá por la tierra su hermosura.

30 No escapará de las tinieblas;

La llama secará sus ramas,

Y con el aliento de su boca perecerá.

31 No confíe el iluso en la vanidad,

Porque ella será su recompensa.

32 Él será cortado antes de su tiempo,

Y sus renuevos no reverdecerán.

33 Perderá su agraz como la vid,

Y derramará su flor como el olivo.

34 Porque la congregación de los impíos será asolada,

Y fuego consumirá las tiendas de soborno.

35 Concibieron dolor, dieron a luz iniquidad,

Y en sus entrañas traman engaño.

Eliphaz Says Job Presumes Much

15 Then Eliphaz the Temanite responded,

“Should a wise man answer with windy knowledge,
(A)And fill [a]himself with the east wind?
Should he argue with useless talk,
Or with words which do not benefit?
Indeed, you do away with [b]reverence,
And hinder meditation before God.
For (B)your wrongdoing teaches your mouth,
And you choose the language of (C)the cunning.
Your (D)own mouth condemns you, and not I;
And your own lips testify against you.

“Were you the first person to be born,
Or (E)were you brought forth before the hills?
Do you hear the (F)secret discussion of God,
And limit wisdom to yourself?
(G)What do you know that we do not know?
What do you understand that [c]we do not?
10 Both the (H)gray-haired and the aged are among us,
Older than your father.
11 Are (I)the consolations of God too little for you,
Or the (J)word spoken gently to you?
12 Why does your (K)heart take you away?
And why do your eyes wink,
13 That you can turn your spirit against God
And produce such words from your mouth?
14 What is man, that (L)he would be pure,
Or (M)he who is born of a woman, that he would be righteous?
15 Behold, He has no trust in His (N)holy ones,
And the (O)heavens are not pure in His sight;
16 How much less one who is (P)detestable and corrupt:
A person who (Q)drinks [d]malice like water!

What Eliphaz Has Seen of Life

17 “I will tell you, listen to me;
And what I have seen I will also declare;
18 What wise people have told,
And have not concealed from (R)their fathers,
19 To whom alone the land was given,
And no stranger passed among them.
20 The wicked person writhes (S)in pain all his days,
And the [e]years (T)reserved for the ruthless are numbered.
21 [f]Sounds of (U)terror are in his ears;
(V)While he is at peace the destroyer comes upon him.
22 He does not believe that he will (W)return from darkness,
And he is destined for (X)the sword.
23 He wanders about for food, saying, ‘Where is it?’
He knows that a day of (Y)darkness is [g]at hand.
24 Distress and anguish terrify him,
They overpower him like a king ready for the attack,
25 Because he has reached out with his hand against God,
And is (Z)arrogant toward [h]the Almighty.
26 He rushes [i]headlong at Him
With his [j]massive shield.
27 For he has (AA)covered his face with his fat,
And [k]put fat on his waist.
28 He has (AB)lived in desolate cities,
In houses no one would inhabit,
Which are destined to become [l]ruins.
29 He (AC)will not become rich, nor will his wealth endure;
And his property will not stretch out on the earth.
30 He will (AD)not [m]escape from darkness;
The (AE)flame will dry up his shoot,
And he will go away by (AF)the breath of His mouth.
31 Let him not (AG)trust in emptiness, deceiving himself;
For his [n]reward will be emptiness.
32 It will be accomplished (AH)before his time,
And his palm (AI)branch will not be green.
33 He will drop off his unripe grape like the vine,
And will (AJ)cast off his flower like the olive tree.
34 For the company of (AK)the godless is barren,
And fire consumes (AL)the tents of [o]the corrupt.
35 They (AM)conceive [p]harm and give birth to wrongdoing,
And their [q]mind prepares deception.”

Footnotes

  1. Job 15:2 Lit his belly
  2. Job 15:4 Lit fear
  3. Job 15:9 Lit is not within us?
  4. Job 15:16 Or injustice
  5. Job 15:20 Lit number of years are reserved for
  6. Job 15:21 Lit A sound of terrors is
  7. Job 15:23 Lit ready at his hand
  8. Job 15:25 Heb Shaddai
  9. Job 15:26 Lit with a stiff neck
  10. Job 15:26 Lit thick-bossed shields
  11. Job 15:27 Lit made
  12. Job 15:28 Or heaps
  13. Job 15:30 Lit turn aside
  14. Job 15:31 Lit exchange
  15. Job 15:34 Lit a bribe
  16. Job 15:35 Or pain
  17. Job 15:35 Lit belly