Job 11
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Primer discurso de Zofar
11 A esto respondió Zofar de Namat:
2 «¿Quedará sin respuesta toda esta perorata?
¿Resultará inocente este hablador?
3 ¿Toda esa palabrería nos dejará callados?
¿Te burlarás sin que nadie te reprenda?
4 Tú afirmas: “Mi postura es la correcta;
soy puro a los ojos de Dios”.
5 ¡Cómo me gustaría que Dios interviniera
y abriera sus labios contra ti
6 para mostrarte los secretos de la sabiduría,
pues esta es muy compleja![a]
Sabrías entonces que buena parte de tu pecado
Dios no lo ha tomado en cuenta.
7 »¿Puedes adentrarte en los misterios de Dios
o alcanzar la perfección[b] del Todopoderoso?
8 Son más altos que los cielos;
¿qué puedes hacer?
Son más profundos que el sepulcro;
¿qué puedes saber?
9 Son más extensos que toda la tierra;
¡son más anchos que todo el mar!
10 »Si viene y te pone en un calabozo,
y luego te pide cuentas,
¿quién lo hará desistir?
11 Bien conoce Dios a la gente sin escrúpulos;
cuando percibe el mal, no lo pasa por alto.
12 ¡El necio llegará a ser sabio
cuando de un asno salvaje nazca un hombre![c]
13 »Pero, si le entregas tu corazón
y hacia él extiendes las manos,
14 si te apartas del pecado que has cometido
y en tu morada no das cabida al mal,
15 entonces podrás llevar la frente en alto
y mantenerte firme y libre de temor.
16 Ciertamente olvidarás tus pesares,
o los recordarás como el agua que pasó.
17 Tu vida será más radiante que el sol de mediodía,
y la oscuridad será como el amanecer.
18 Vivirás tranquilo, porque hay esperanza;
estarás protegido[d] y dormirás confiado.
19 Descansarás sin temer a nadie,
y muchos querrán ganarse tu favor.
20 Pero los ojos de los malvados se apagarán;
no tendrán escapatoria.
¡Su esperanza es exhalar el último suspiro!»
Job 11
Lexham English Bible
Zophar’s First Response to Job
11 Then[a] Zophar the Naamathite answered and said,
2 “Should an abundance of words go unanswered,
or a man full of talk[b] be vindicated?[c]
3 Should your loose talk put people to silence?
And when you mock, shall no one put you to shame?[d]
4 For you say, ‘My teaching is pure,
and I am clean in your sight.’
5 But,[e] O that[f] God might speak,
and that he would open his lips to you,
6 and that he would tell you the secrets of wisdom,
for insight has many sides.[g]
And know that God on your behalf[h] has forgotten some of[i] your guilt.
7 “Can you find out the essence of God,
or can you find out the ultimate limits[j] of Shaddai?
8 It is higher than the heaven;[k] what can you do?
It is deeper than Sheol; what can you know?
9 Its measure is longer than the earth
and broader than the sea.
10 “If he passes through and imprisons someone[l]
and summons the assembly,[m] then[n] who can hinder him?
11 For he knows those who are worthless;[o]
when he sees[p] iniquity, he will not consider it.[q]
12 But[r] an empty-headed person[s] will get understanding
when[t] a wild donkey’s colt is born as a human being.
13 “If you yourself[u] direct your heart
and stretch out your hands to him—
14 if iniquity[v] is in your hand, put it far away,
and you must not let wickedness reside in your tents—
15 surely then you will lift up your face without[w] blemish,
and you will be firmly established and will not fear.[x]
16 For you yourself[y] will forget your misery;
you will remember it as water that has flowed past.
17 “And your life will be brighter than noon;[z]
its darkness will be like the morning.
18 And you will have confidence because there is hope;
and you will be well protected—you will sleep in safety.[aa]
19 And you will lie down, and no one will make you afraid;[ab]
and many will entreat your favor.[ac]
20 But[ad] the eyes of the wicked will fail;
and refuge will be lost to them,
and their hope is to breathe their last breath.”[ae]
Footnotes
- Job 11:1 Hebrew “And”
- Job 11:2 Literally “a man of lips”
- Job 11:2 Hebrew “should he be vindicated”
- Job 11:3 Literally “And you will mock there is not putting to shame”
- Job 11:5 Hebrew “And but”
- Job 11:5 Literally “who shall give”
- Job 11:6 Literally “double to sound wisdom”
- Job 11:6 Literally “for you”
- Job 11:6 Literally “from”
- Job 11:7 Literally “up to the limit”
- Job 11:8 Literally “heights of heaven”
- Job 11:10 Hebrew “and he imprisons”
- Job 11:10 Literally “and he summons”
- Job 11:10 Hebrew “and”
- Job 11:11 Literally “men of worthlessness”
- Job 11:11 Literally “And he will see”
- Job 11:11 Literally “and he will not consider”
- Job 11:12 Hebrew “And”
- Job 11:12 Literally “a man hollowed out”
- Job 11:12 Hebrew “and”
- Job 11:13 Emphatic personal pronoun
- Job 11:14 See v. 11, where the same word is used
- Job 11:15 Hebrew “from”
- Job 11:15 Hebrew “and not will you fear”
- Job 11:16 Emphatic personal pronoun
- Job 11:17 Literally “And from noon lifespan will arise”
- Job 11:18 Literally “you will lie down securely”
- Job 11:19 Literally “there is not making afraid”
- Job 11:19 Literally “and they will appease/implore your faces many”
- Job 11:20 Hebrew “And”
- Job 11:20 Literally “the expiring of soul”
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