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Job 15
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Job 15
New International Version
Eliphaz
15 Then Eliphaz the Temanite(A) replied:
2 “Would a wise person answer with empty notions
or fill their belly with the hot east wind?(B)
3 Would they argue with useless words,
with speeches that have no value?(C)
4 But you even undermine piety
and hinder devotion to God.(D)
5 Your sin(E) prompts your mouth;(F)
you adopt the tongue of the crafty.(G)
6 Your own mouth condemns you, not mine;
your own lips testify against you.(H)
7 “Are you the first man ever born?(I)
Were you brought forth before the hills?(J)
8 Do you listen in on God’s council?(K)
Do you have a monopoly on wisdom?(L)
9 What do you know that we do not know?
What insights do you have that we do not have?(M)
10 The gray-haired and the aged(N) are on our side,
men even older than your father.(O)
11 Are God’s consolations(P) not enough for you,
words(Q) spoken gently to you?(R)
12 Why has your heart(S) carried you away,
and why do your eyes flash,
13 so that you vent your rage(T) against God
and pour out such words(U) from your mouth?(V)
14 “What are mortals, that they could be pure,
or those born of woman,(W) that they could be righteous?(X)
15 If God places no trust in his holy ones,(Y)
if even the heavens are not pure in his eyes,(Z)
16 how much less mortals, who are vile and corrupt,(AA)
who drink up evil(AB) like water!(AC)
17 “Listen to me and I will explain to you;
let me tell you what I have seen,(AD)
18 what the wise have declared,
hiding nothing received from their ancestors(AE)
19 (to whom alone the land(AF) was given
when no foreigners moved among them):
20 All his days the wicked man suffers torment,(AG)
the ruthless man through all the years stored up for him.(AH)
21 Terrifying sounds fill his ears;(AI)
when all seems well, marauders attack him.(AJ)
22 He despairs of escaping the realm of darkness;(AK)
he is marked for the sword.(AL)
23 He wanders about(AM) for food like a vulture;(AN)
he knows the day of darkness(AO) is at hand.(AP)
24 Distress and anguish(AQ) fill him with terror;(AR)
troubles overwhelm him, like a king(AS) poised to attack,
25 because he shakes his fist(AT) at God
and vaunts himself against the Almighty,(AU)
26 defiantly charging against him
with a thick, strong shield.(AV)
27 “Though his face is covered with fat
and his waist bulges with flesh,(AW)
28 he will inhabit ruined towns
and houses where no one lives,(AX)
houses crumbling to rubble.(AY)
29 He will no longer be rich and his wealth will not endure,(AZ)
nor will his possessions spread over the land.(BA)
30 He will not escape the darkness;(BB)
a flame(BC) will wither his shoots,(BD)
and the breath of God’s mouth(BE) will carry him away.(BF)
31 Let him not deceive(BG) himself by trusting what is worthless,(BH)
for he will get nothing in return.(BI)
32 Before his time(BJ) he will wither,(BK)
and his branches will not flourish.(BL)
33 He will be like a vine stripped of its unripe grapes,(BM)
like an olive tree shedding its blossoms.(BN)
34 For the company of the godless(BO) will be barren,
and fire will consume(BP) the tents of those who love bribes.(BQ)
35 They conceive trouble(BR) and give birth to evil;(BS)
their womb fashions deceit.”
Job 15
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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
Job 15
King James Version
Job 15
King James Version
15 Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,
2 Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?
3 Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?
4 Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God.
5 For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.
6 Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips testify against thee.
7 Art thou the first man that was born? or wast thou made before the hills?
8 Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself?
9 What knowest thou, that we know not? what understandest thou, which is not in us?
10 With us are both the grayheaded and very aged men, much elder than thy father.
11 Are the consolations of God small with thee? is there any secret thing with thee?
12 Why doth thine heart carry thee away? and what do thy eyes wink at,
13 That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest such words go out of thy mouth?
14 What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
15 Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints; yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight.
16 How much more abominable and filthy is man, which drinketh iniquity like water?
17 I will shew thee, hear me; and that which I have seen I will declare;
18 Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it:
19 Unto whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger passed among them.
20 The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor.
21 A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.
22 He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword.
23 He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
24 Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.
25 For he stretcheth out his hand against God, and strengtheneth himself against the Almighty.
26 He runneth upon him, even on his neck, upon the thick bosses of his bucklers:
27 Because he covereth his face with his fatness, and maketh collops of fat on his flanks.
28 And he dwelleth in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabiteth, which are ready to become heaps.
29 He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth.
30 He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.
31 Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence.
32 It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be green.
33 He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall cast off his flower as the olive.
34 For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate, and fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery.
35 They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their belly prepareth deceit.
Job 15
English Standard Version
Job 15
English Standard Version
Eliphaz Accuses: Job Does Not Fear God
15 Then (A)Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said:
2 “Should (B)a wise man answer with (C)windy knowledge,
and fill his (D)belly with (E)the east wind?
3 Should he argue in unprofitable talk,
or in words with which he can do no good?
4 But you are doing away with the fear of God[a]
and hindering meditation before God.
5 For your iniquity teaches your mouth,
and you choose the tongue of the crafty.
6 Your (F)own mouth condemns you, and not I;
(G)your own lips testify against you.
7 (H)“Are you the first man who was born?
Or (I)were you brought forth (J)before the hills?
8 Have you listened in (K)the council of God?
And do you limit wisdom to yourself?
9 (L)What do you know that we do not know?
What do you understand that is not clear to us?
10 (M)Both the gray-haired and the aged are among us,
older than your father.
11 Are the comforts of God too small for you,
or the word that deals gently with you?
12 Why does your heart carry you away,
and why do your eyes flash,
13 that you turn your (N)spirit against God
and bring such words out of your mouth?
14 (O)What is man, (P)that he can be pure?
Or he who is (Q)born of a woman, that he can be righteous?
15 Behold, God[b] (R)puts no trust in his (S)holy ones,
and the heavens are not pure in his sight;
16 (T)how much less one who is abominable and (U)corrupt,
a man who (V)drinks injustice like water!
17 “I will show you; hear me,
and what I have seen I will declare
18 (what wise men have told,
without hiding it (W)from their fathers,
19 to whom alone the land was given,
and no (X)stranger passed among them).
20 The wicked man writhes in pain all his days,
through all the (Y)years that are laid up for (Z)the ruthless.
21 (AA)Dreadful sounds are in his ears;
in (AB)prosperity the destroyer will come upon him.
22 He does not believe that he will return out of darkness,
and he is marked for the sword.
23 He (AC)wanders abroad for bread, saying, ‘Where is it?’
He knows that a day of darkness is ready at his hand;
24 distress and anguish terrify him;
they (AD)prevail against him, like a king ready for battle.
25 Because he has stretched out his hand against God
and defies the Almighty,
26 (AE)running (AF)stubbornly against him
with a thickly bossed shield;
27 because he has (AG)covered his face with his fat
and gathered fat upon his waist
28 and has lived in desolate cities,
in houses that none should inhabit,
which were ready to become heaps of ruins;
29 he will not be rich, and his wealth will not endure,
nor will his possessions spread over the earth;[c]
30 he will not depart from darkness;
the flame will dry up his shoots,
and by (AH)the breath of his mouth he will depart.
31 Let him not (AI)trust in emptiness, deceiving himself,
for emptiness will be his payment.
32 It will be paid in full (AJ)before his time,
and his branch will not be green.
33 He will shake off his unripe grape like the vine,
and cast off his blossom like the olive tree.
34 For (AK)the company of the godless is barren,
and (AL)fire consumes the tents of bribery.
35 They (AM)conceive trouble and give birth to evil,
and their (AN)womb prepares deceit.”
Job 15
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Job 15
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Segunda reprensión de Elifaz a Job
15 Esta es la respuesta de Elifaz el temanita:
2 «¿Responde el sabio con palabras huecas?
¿O exhala de su vientre aire caliente?
3 ¿Acaso disputa con palabras sin sustento,
o con discursos sin sentido?
4 En cambio, tú reniegas del temor de Dios;
tienes en poco la devoción en su presencia.
5 Pero tu misma maldad te condena al hablar,
pues hablas como cualquier hombre astuto.
6 Tus propias palabras te condenan, no las mías;
¡son tus labios los que hablan contra ti!
7 »¿Acaso naciste antes que Adán?
¿Fuiste formado antes que las montañas?
8 ¿Participas en el concilio de Dios?
¿Eres acaso el único sabio?
9 ¿Qué sabes tú, que nosotros no sepamos?
¿Qué entiendes tú, que nosotros ignoremos?
10 ¡Entre nosotros hay gente de gran experiencia,
con más canas y años de vida que tu padre!
11 ¿Tan poco te parece que Dios mismo te consuele,
y que te hablemos con palabras llenas de ternura?
12 ¿Por qué permites que el enojo te domine,
y te haga echar chispas por los ojos?
13 ¿Por qué te vuelves furioso contra Dios,
y no les pones freno a tus labios?
14 ¿Qué vale el hombre, nacido de mujer,
para creerse limpio y alegar ser inocente?
15 Si Dios ni en sus ángeles confía,
y a sus ojos ni los cielos están limpios,
16 ¡mucho menos confía en un ser vil y repugnante,
que apaga su sed cometiendo maldad!
17 »Ponme atención, que te voy a contar
las cosas que me ha tocado ver;
18 cosas del pasado que los sabios nos enseñan,
que aprendieron de sus padres y no las esconden.
19 A ellos solos Dios les dio la tierra,
sin la intervención de ningún extraño.
20 El violento vive lleno de tormentos y dolor,
sin que sepa ese malvado cuánto tiempo vivirá.
21 En sus oídos resuenan ruidos espantosos;
cuando goza de paz, viene el ladrón y lo asalta.
22 Sin esperanza, se hunde en las tinieblas,
y sólo espera el puñal que le quitará la vida.
23 Hambriento vaga, preguntando dónde hay pan,
sabiendo que la muerte muy pronto llegará.
24 Vive abrumado y en angustia constante,
como un rey al que están por atacar.
25 Esto le sucede por rebelarse contra Dios,
por desafiar osadamente al Todopoderoso.
26 Se lanzó contra Dios en abierto desafío,
con la sola protección de un pesado escudo.
27 Su cara es una bola de grasa;
su cintura está sobrada de carnes;
28 habita en ciudades desoladas,
en casas que nadie puede habitar
porque han quedado en ruinas.
29 Sus riquezas pronto se acabarán,
y no podrá extender sus posesiones.
30 Nada lo librará de caer en la tumba;
Será como rama consumida por el fuego,
¡como flores arrancadas por el viento!
31 »¡Que no confíe ingenuamente en el engaño,
porque acabará siendo engañado.
32 La muerte le llegará antes de tiempo,
mucho antes de llegar a tener descendientes.
33 Será como una viña sin racimos de uvas,
¡como un olivo que no llega a florecer!
34 Los malvados desaparecerán de la tierra;
la casa del que soborna será pasto de las llamas,
35 pues concibe hacer el mal y da a luz iniquidad;
¡en sus entrañas se gesta el engaño!»
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