Job 15
Dios Habla Hoy
Segunda serie de diálogos(A)
Elifaz
15 El que es sabio no responde con palabras huecas
ni se hincha con razones que sólo son viento;
3 no habla sólo por hablar
ni usa argumentos sin valor.
4 Pero tú acabas con la reverencia a Dios:
¡destruyes la devoción sincera!
5 Tu mala conciencia hace que hables así
y que uses palabras engañosas.
6 No hace falta que yo te acuse,
pues tu propia boca te condena.
7 ¿Piensas que antes de ti no hubo ningún hombre,
y que ni siquiera existían las montañas?
8 ¿Acaso te crees el consejero privado de Dios,
o el único sabio del mundo?
9 ¿Qué sabes tú que nosotros no sepamos?
¿Qué conoces tú que nosotros ignoremos?
10 ¡Nosotros somos gente ya madura,
con más experiencia que tu propio padre!
11 ¿No te basta con que Dios mismo te consuele
y con que te hablemos suavemente?
12 ¿Por qué te dejas llevar de la pasión
y echas chispas por los ojos?
13 ¿Por qué te enfureces contra Dios
y das rienda suelta a tus protestas?
14 No hay hombre que sea puro
ni que esté libre de culpa.
15 Si ni aun los ángeles merecen toda su confianza,
si ni siquiera el cielo es puro a sus ojos,
16 ¡mucho menos el hombre, corrompido y despreciable,
que hace el mal como quien bebe agua!
17 Escúchame, pues te voy a decir
algo que sé por experiencia,
18 algo que los sabios nos enseñan.
Ellos lo aprendieron de sus antepasados,
19 a quienes fue dada la tierra
y entre quienes no hubo mezcla de extranjeros.
20 La vida del hombre malvado y violento
es corta y llena de tormentos.
21 Oye ruidos que lo asustan;
cuando más seguro está, lo asaltan los ladrones.
22 No tiene esperanza de escapar de la oscuridad:
¡un puñal está en espera de matarlo!
23 Su cadáver servirá de alimento a los buitres;
él sabe que su ruina es inevitable.
24 La oscuridad lo llenará de terror,
y lo asaltarán la angustia y la desgracia,
como cuando un rey ataca en la batalla.
25 Esto le pasa al que levanta su mano contra Dios,
al que se atreve a desafiar al Todopoderoso,
26 al que, protegido con un escudo,
se lanza en forma insolente contra Dios.
27 Llenos de grasa tiene
la cara y los costados.
28 Las ciudades donde viva quedarán en ruinas;
las casas quedarán abandonadas
y convertidas en un montón de escombros.
29 No será rico por mucho tiempo,
ni se extenderán sus posesiones en la tierra.
30 No podrá escapar de las tinieblas.
Será como una planta cuyos retoños quema el fuego
o cuyas flores arranca el viento.
31 Que no confíe tontamente en el engaño,
pues no logrará más que ser engañado.
32 Antes de tiempo se marchitarán sus ramas
y no volverán a reverdecer.
33 Será como una vid cuyas uvas no maduran,
como un olivo cuyas flores se caen.
34 Los impíos no tendrán descendencia,
y sus casas, enriquecidas con soborno,
arderán en el fuego.
35 Están preñados de maldad y dan a luz desdicha;
el fruto que producen es el engaño.
Job 15
New King James Version
Eliphaz Accuses Job of Folly
15 Then (A)Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said:
2 “Should a wise man answer with empty knowledge,
And fill [a]himself with the east wind?
3 Should he reason with unprofitable talk,
Or by speeches with which he can do no good?
4 Yes, you cast off fear,
And restrain [b]prayer before God.
5 For your iniquity teaches your mouth,
And you choose the tongue of the crafty.
6 (B)Your own mouth condemns you, and not I;
Yes, your own lips testify against you.
7 “Are you the first man who was born?
(C)Or were you made before the hills?
8 (D)Have you heard the counsel of God?
Do you limit wisdom to yourself?
9 (E)What do you know that we do not know?
What do you understand that is not in us?
10 (F)Both the gray-haired and the aged are among us,
Much older than your father.
11 Are the consolations of God too small for you,
And the word spoken [c]gently with you?
12 Why does your heart carry you away,
And [d]what do your eyes wink at,
13 That you turn your spirit against God,
And let such words go out of your mouth?
14 “What(G) is man, that he could be pure?
And he who is born of a woman, that he could be righteous?
15 (H)If God puts no trust in His saints,
And the heavens are not pure in His sight,
16 (I)How much less man, who is abominable and filthy,
(J)Who drinks iniquity like water!
17 “I will tell you, hear me;
What I have seen I will declare,
18 What wise men have told,
Not hiding anything received (K)from their fathers,
19 To whom alone the [e]land was given,
And (L)no alien passed among them:
20 The wicked man writhes with pain all his days,
(M)And the number of years is hidden from the oppressor.
21 [f]Dreadful sounds are in his ears;
(N)In prosperity the destroyer comes upon him.
22 He does not believe that he will (O)return from darkness,
For a sword is waiting for him.
23 He (P)wanders about for bread, saying, ‘Where is it?’
He knows (Q)that a day of darkness is ready at his hand.
24 Trouble and anguish make him afraid;
They overpower him, like a king ready for [g]battle.
25 For he stretches out his hand against God,
And acts defiantly against the Almighty,
26 Running stubbornly against Him
With his strong, embossed shield.
27 “Though(R) he has covered his face with his fatness,
And made his waist heavy with fat,
28 He dwells in desolate cities,
In houses which no one inhabits,
Which are destined to become ruins.
29 He will not be rich,
Nor will his wealth (S)continue,
Nor will his possessions overspread the earth.
30 He will not depart from darkness;
The flame will dry out his branches,
And (T)by the breath of His mouth he will go away.
31 Let him not (U)trust in futile things, deceiving himself,
For futility will be his reward.
32 It will be accomplished (V)before his time,
And his branch will not be green.
33 He will shake off his unripe grape like a vine,
And cast off his blossom like an olive tree.
34 For the company of hypocrites will be barren,
And fire will consume the tents of bribery.
35 (W)They conceive trouble and bring forth futility;
Their womb prepares deceit.”
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Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
