Job 11
La Palabra (Hispanoamérica)
La sabiduría divina descubre la culpa
11 Sofar de Naamat contestó así:
2 ¿Quedará sin respuesta tanta palabrería
y tendrá razón un charlatán?
3 ¿Hará callar a otros tu verborrea
y te burlarás sin que nadie te contradiga?
4 Tú has dicho: “Mi conducta es limpia,
nada malo me puedes reprochar”.
5 Pero ojalá Dios te hablase,
abriese la boca para responderte:
6 te enseñaría secretos de sabiduría,
que son prodigios de habilidad.
Entonces acabarías sabiendo
que aún te perdona parte de tu culpa.
7 ¿Puedes sondear la profundidad de Dios,
descubrir la perfección del Todopoderoso?
8 Es más alta que el cielo: ¿qué harás?
Más honda que el reino de los muertos:
¿qué podrás saber tú?
9 Es más larga que la tierra
y más ancha que el mar.
10 Si se presenta y encierra en prisión,
si cita a juicio, ¿quién lo impedirá?
11 Pues conoce a quienes nada valen,
cuando ve la maldad se fija bien.
12 Y es que el necio se hará sensato
cuando un asno salvaje se haga manso.
13 Pero si no vacila tu mente,
si extiendes las manos hacia él,
14 si apartas tu mano de la maldad
y no alojas en tu tienda la injusticia,
15 podrás alzar la frente sin mancilla;
te acosarán, pero no tendrás miedo;
16 podrás olvidar tu infortunio,
recordándolo como agua que pasó.
17 Tu vida será más luminosa que el mediodía,
tus tinieblas serán como un amanecer;
18 vivirás seguro y con esperanza,
te sentirás protegido, dormirás tranquilo;
19 descansarás libre de sobresaltos
y muchos buscarán tu favor.
20 Pero los ojos del malvado se apagan,
no podrá encontrar un refugio,
su esperanza es sólo un suspiro.
Job 11
New King James Version
Zophar Urges Job to Repent
11 Then Zophar the Naamathite answered and said:
2 “Should not the multitude of words be answered?
And should [a]a man full of talk be vindicated?
3 Should your empty talk make men [b]hold their peace?
And when you mock, should no one rebuke you?
4 For you have said,
(A)‘My doctrine is pure,
And I am clean in your eyes.’
5 But oh, that God would speak,
And open His lips against you,
6 That He would show you the secrets of wisdom!
For they would double your prudence.
Know therefore that (B)God [c]exacts from you
Less than your iniquity deserves.
7 “Can(C) you search out the deep things of God?
Can you find out the limits of the Almighty?
8 They are higher than heaven—what can you do?
Deeper than [d]Sheol—what can you know?
9 Their measure is longer than the earth
And broader than the sea.
10 “If(D) He passes by, imprisons, and gathers to judgment,
Then who can [e]hinder Him?
11 For (E)He knows deceitful men;
He sees wickedness also.
Will He not then consider it?
12 For an (F)empty-headed man will be wise,
When a wild donkey’s colt is born a man.
13 “If you would (G)prepare your heart,
And (H)stretch out your hands toward Him;
14 If iniquity were in your hand, and you put it far away,
And (I)would not let wickedness dwell in your tents;
15 (J)Then surely you could lift up your face without spot;
Yes, you could be steadfast, and not fear;
16 Because you would (K)forget your misery,
And remember it as waters that have passed away,
17 And your life (L)would be brighter than noonday.
Though you were dark, you would be like the morning.
18 And you would be secure, because there is hope;
Yes, you would dig around you, and (M)take your rest in safety.
19 You would also lie down, and no one would make you afraid;
Yes, many would court your favor.
20 But (N)the eyes of the wicked will fail,
And they shall not escape,
And (O)their hope—[f]loss of life!”
La Palabra, (versión hispanoamericana) © 2010 Texto y Edición, Sociedad Bíblica de España
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
