Job 15
Legacy Standard Bible
Eliphaz Says Job’s Lips Answer Against Him
15 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
2 “Should a wise man answer with windy knowledge
(A)And fill his belly with the east wind?
3 Should he argue with a word that cannot be used,
Or with speech which is not profitable?
4 Indeed, you annul reverent fear
And cut off musing before God.
5 For (B)your iniquity teaches your mouth,
And you choose the tongue of (C)the crafty.
6 Your (D)own mouth condemns you, and not I;
And your own lips answer against you.
7 “Were you the first man to be born,
Or (E)were you brought forth before the hills?
8 Do you hear the (F)secret counsel of God,
And cut down wisdom only unto yourself?
9 (G)What do you know that we do not know?
What do you understand that is not with us?
10 Both the (H)gray-haired and the aged are among us,
Older than your father.
11 Are (I)the consolations of God too small for you,
Even the (J)word spoken gently with you?
12 Why does your (K)heart take you away?
And why do your eyes flash,
13 That you should turn your spirit against God
And allow such words to go out of your mouth?
14 What is man, that (L)he should be pure,
Or (M)he who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
15 Behold, He puts no faith in His (N)holy ones,
And the (O)heavens are not pure in His sight;
16 How much less one who is (P)abominable and corrupt,
Man, who (Q)drinks [a]unrighteousness like water!
17 “I will tell you, listen to me;
And what I have beheld I will also recount;
18 What wise men 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 man writhes (S)in pain all his days,
And [b]numbered are the years (T)stored up for the ruthless.
21 [c]Sounds of (U)dread are in his ears;
(V)While 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 ready at his hand.
24 Distress and anguish terrify him;
They overpower him like a king ready for the attack,
25 Because he has stretched out his hand against God
And (Z)magnifies himself against [d]the Almighty.
26 He rushes [e]headlong at Him
With [f]his massive shield.
27 For he has (AA)covered his face with his fat
And made his thighs heavy with flesh.
28 He has (AB)dwelt in desolate cities,
In houses no one would inhabit,
Which are destined to become [g]ruins.
29 He (AC)will not become rich, nor will his wealth endure;
And his grain will not stretch out over the land.
30 He will (AD)not be able to [h]depart from darkness;
The (AE)flame will wither his shoots,
And by (AF)the breath of His mouth he will depart.
31 Let him not (AG)believe in emptiness, deceiving himself;
For emptiness will be his [i]reward,
32 When (AH)his days are not yet fulfilled,
And his palm (AI)branch is not 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 [j]the corrupt.
35 They (AM)conceive [k]trouble and give birth to wickedness,
And their [l]belly prepares deception.”
Footnotes
- Job 15:16 Or injustice
- Job 15:20 Lit the number of years are
- Job 15:21 Lit A sound of dreads
- Job 15:25 Heb Shaddai
- Job 15:26 Lit with a stiff neck
- Job 15:26 Lit the thick-bossed shields
- Job 15:28 Or heaps
- Job 15:30 Lit turn aside
- Job 15:31 Lit exchange
- Job 15:34 Lit a bribe
- Job 15:35 Or pain, mischief
- Job 15:35 Or mind
Job 15
La Biblia de las Américas
Elifaz reprende de nuevo a Job
15 Entonces respondió Elifaz temanita, y dijo:
2 ¿Debe responder un sabio con hueca sabiduría
y llenarse[a] de viento solano(A)?
3 ¿Debe argumentar con razones inútiles
o con palabras sin provecho?
4 Ciertamente, tú rechazas el temor,
e impides la meditación delante de Dios.
5 Porque tu iniquidad(B) enseña a tu boca,
y escoges el lenguaje de los astutos(C).
6 Tu propia boca, y no yo, te condena,
y tus propios labios testifican contra ti(D).
7 ¿Fuiste tú el primer hombre en nacer,
o fuiste dado a luz antes que las colinas(E)?
8 ¿Oyes tú el secreto[b] de Dios(F),
y retienes para ti la sabiduría?
9 ¿Qué sabes tú que nosotros no sepamos?
¿Qué entiendes tú que nosotros no entendamos[c](G)?
10 También entre nosotros hay canosos y ancianos(H)
de más edad que tu padre.
11 ¿Te parecen poco[d] los consuelos de Dios(I),
y la palabra(J) hablada a ti con dulzura?
12 ¿Por qué te arrebata el corazón(K),
y por qué centellean tus ojos,
13 para volver tu espíritu contra Dios
y dejar salir de tu boca tales palabras?
14 ¿Qué es el hombre para que sea puro,
o el nacido de mujer para que sea justo(L)?
15 He aquí, Dios no confía en sus santos(M),
y ni los cielos son puros ante sus ojos(N);
16 ¡cuánto menos el hombre, un ser abominable y corrompido(O),
que bebe como agua la iniquidad(P)!
17 Yo te mostraré, escúchame,
y te contaré lo que he visto;
18 lo que los sabios han dado a conocer,
sin ocultar nada de sus padres(Q);
19 a ellos solos se les dio la tierra,
y ningún extranjero pasó entre ellos.
20 Todos sus días el impío se retuerce de dolor(R),
y contados están los años reservados[e](S) para el tirano.
21 Ruidos de espanto[f] hay en sus oídos,
mientras está en paz, el destructor viene sobre él(T).
22 Él no cree que volverá de las tinieblas(U),
y que está destinado para la espada(V).
23 Vaga en busca de pan, diciendo: «¿Dónde está?».
Sabe que es inminente[g] el día de las tinieblas(W).
24 La ansiedad y la angustia lo aterran,
lo dominan como rey dispuesto para el ataque;
25 porque él ha extendido su mano contra Dios,
y se porta con soberbia(X) contra el Todopoderoso[h].
26 Corre contra Él con cuello erguido,
con su escudo macizo[i];
27 porque ha cubierto su rostro de grosura(Y),
se le han hecho pliegues de grasa sobre sus lomos,
28 y ha vivido en ciudades desoladas,
en casas inhabitables,
destinadas a convertirse en ruinas[j](Z).
29 No se enriquecerá, ni sus bienes perdurarán(AA),
ni su espiga[k] se inclinará a tierra.
30 No escapará[l] de las tinieblas(AB),
secará la llama sus renuevos,
y por el soplo de su boca[m] desaparecerá(AC).
31 Que no confíe en la vanidad(AD), engañándose a sí mismo,
pues vanidad será su recompensa[n].
32 Antes de su tiempo(AE) se cumplirá,
y la hoja de su palmera no reverdecerá(AF).
33 Dejará caer su agraz como la vid,
y como el olivo arrojará su flor(AG).
34 Porque estéril es la compañía de los impíos(AH),
y el fuego consume las tiendas del corrupto[o](AI).
35 Conciben malicia[p], dan a luz iniquidad,
y en su mente[q] traman engaño(AJ).
Footnotes
- Job 15:2 Lit., llenar su vientre
- Job 15:8 O, consejo
- Job 15:9 Lit., no esté en nosotros?
- Job 15:11 O, pequeños
- Job 15:20 Lit., el número de los años está reservado
- Job 15:21 Lit., Un ruido de terrores
- Job 15:23 Lit., está listo a su mano
- Job 15:25 Heb., Shaddai
- Job 15:26 Lit., con grueso relieve
- Job 15:28 O, montones
- Job 15:29 O, riqueza
- Job 15:30 Lit., se apartará
- Job 15:30 I.e., la boca de Él
- Job 15:31 Lit., intercambio
- Job 15:34 Lit., de un soborno
- Job 15:35 O, dolor
- Job 15:35 Lit., vientre
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