Job 18
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Bildad describe al impío
18 Entonces Bildad, el suhita respondió:
2 «¿Hasta cuándo estarán rebuscando palabras?
Muestren entendimiento y entonces hablaremos.
3 -»¿Por qué somos considerados como bestias,
Y torpes(A) a sus ojos?
4 -»¡Oh tú, que te desgarras en tu[a] ira!
¿Ha de ser abandonada la tierra por tu causa,
O removida la roca de su lugar?
5 ¶»Ciertamente la luz de los impíos se apaga(B),
Y no brillará la llama[b] de su fuego.
6 -»La luz en su tienda se oscurece,
Y su lámpara sobre él se apaga(C).
7 -»Su vigoroso paso[c] es acortado,
Y su propio designio lo hace caer(D).
8 -»Porque es arrojado en la red por sus propios pies(E),
Y sobre mallas camina.
9 -»Por el talón lo aprisiona un lazo,
Y una trampa se cierra sobre él.
10 -»Escondido está en la tierra un lazo para él,
Y una trampa lo aguarda en la senda.
11 -»Por todas partes lo atemorizan terrores(F),
Y lo hostigan a cada paso(G).
12 -»Se agota por el hambre su vigor(H),
Y la desgracia está presta a su lado.
13 -»Devora[d] su piel la enfermedad,
Devora sus miembros[e] el primogénito de la muerte(I).
14 -»Es arrancado de la seguridad de su tienda[f](J),
Es conducido[g] al rey de los terrores(K).
15 -»Nada suyo[h] mora en su tienda;
Azufre(L) es esparcido sobre su morada.
16 -»Por abajo se secan sus raíces,
Y por arriba se marchita su ramaje(M).
17 -»Su memoria perece de la tierra,
Y no tiene nombre en toda la región(N).
18 -»Es lanzado[i] de la luz a las tinieblas(O),
Y de la tierra habitada lo echan(P).
19 -»No tiene descendencia ni posteridad entre su pueblo,
Ni sobreviviente alguno donde él peregrinó(Q).
20 -»De su destino[j] se asombran los del occidente[k](R),
Y los del oriente[l] se sobrecogen de terror.
21 -»Ciertamente tales son las moradas del impío(S),
Este es el lugar del que no conoce a Dios».
Footnotes
- 18:4 Lit. El que se desgarra en su.
- 18:5 Lit. chispa.
- 18:7 Lit. Los pasos de su fuerza.
- 18:13 En heb. Come partes de.
- 18:13 O partes.
- 18:14 Lit. de su tienda, de su confianza.
- 18:14 O tú o ella lo conducirán.
- 18:15 O posiblemente, Fuego.
- 18:18 Lit. Lo lanzan.
- 18:20 Lit. día.
- 18:20 Lit. los que vienen detrás.
- 18:20 Lit. los que han ido delante.
Job 18
King James Version
18 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,
2 How long will it be ere ye make an end of words? mark, and afterwards we will speak.
3 Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile in your sight?
4 He teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of his place?
5 Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine.
6 The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him.
7 The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.
8 For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare.
9 The gin shall take him by the heel, and the robber shall prevail against him.
10 The snare is laid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way.
11 Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall drive him to his feet.
12 His strength shall be hungerbitten, and destruction shall be ready at his side.
13 It shall devour the strength of his skin: even the firstborn of death shall devour his strength.
14 His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, and it shall bring him to the king of terrors.
15 It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because it is none of his: brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.
16 His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off.
17 His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street.
18 He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.
19 He shall neither have son nor nephew among his people, nor any remaining in his dwellings.
20 They that come after him shall be astonied at his day, as they that went before were affrighted.
21 Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, and this is the place of him that knoweth not God.
Job 18
Legacy Standard Bible
Bildad Speaks of the Downfall of the Wicked
18 Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said,
2 “How long until you put an end to your words?
Show understanding and then we can talk.
3 Why are we (A)regarded as beasts,
As dense in your eyes?
4 O [a]you who tear yourself in your anger—
For your sake is the earth to be forsaken,
Or the rock to be moved from its place?
5 “Indeed, the (B)light of the wicked goes out,
And the [b]flame of his fire gives no light.
6 The light in his tent is (C)darkened,
And his lamp goes out above him.
7 His [c]vigorous stride is shortened,
And his (D)own counsel brings him down.
8 For he is (E)thrown into the net by his own feet,
And he steps on the netting.
9 A snare seizes him by the heel,
And a device snaps shut on him.
10 A rope for him is hidden in the ground,
And a trap for him on the path.
11 All around (F)terrors frighten him,
And (G)harass him at every step.
12 His vigor is (H)famished,
And disaster is ready at his side.
13 The firstborn of death eats parts of his skin;
It (I)eats parts of him.
14 He is (J)torn from [d]the security of his tent,
And [e]they march him in step before the king of (K)terrors.
15 [f]There dwells in his tent nothing of his;
(L)Brimstone is scattered on his abode.
16 His (M)roots are dried below,
And his (N)branch is cut off above.
17 (O)Memory of him perishes from the earth,
And he has no name abroad.
18 [g]He is driven from light (P)into darkness,
And (Q)chased from the inhabited world.
19 He has neither (R)offspring nor posterity among his people,
Nor any survivor where he sojourned.
20 Those [h]in the west are appalled at (S)his [i]fate,
And those [j]in the east are seized with horror.
21 Surely such are the (T)dwellings of the unjust,
And this is the place of him who does not know God.”
Footnotes
- Job 18:4 Lit he...tears himself...his
- Job 18:5 Lit spark
- Job 18:7 Lit steps of his strength
- Job 18:14 Lit his tent his trust
- Job 18:14 Or you or she shall march
- Job 18:15 Or Fire dwells in his tent
- Job 18:18 Lit They drive him...And chase him
- Job 18:20 Lit who come after
- Job 18:20 Lit day
- Job 18:20 Lit who have gone before
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