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Job 15
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Job 15
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Eliphaz Speaks: Job Undermines Religion
15 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered:
2 “Should the wise answer with windy knowledge
and fill themselves with the east wind?(A)
3 Should they argue in unprofitable talk
or in words that can do no good?
4 But you are doing away with the fear of God
and hindering meditation before God.
5 For your iniquity teaches your mouth,
and you choose the tongue of the crafty.(B)
6 Your own mouth condemns you, not I;
your own lips testify against you.(C)
7 “Are you the firstborn of the human race?
Were you brought forth before the hills?(D)
8 Have you listened in the council of God?
And do you limit wisdom to yourself?(E)
9 What do you know that we do not know?
What do you understand that is not clear to us?(F)
10 The gray-haired and the aged are on our side,
those older than your father.(G)
11 Are the consolations of God too small for you
or the word that deals gently with you?(H)
12 Why does your heart carry you away,
and why do your eyes flash,[a]
13 so that you turn your spirit against God,
and let such words go out of your mouth?(I)
14 What are mortals, that they can be clean?
Or those born of woman, that they can be righteous?(J)
15 God puts no trust even in his holy ones,
and the heavens are not clean in his sight;(K)
16 how much less one who is abominable and corrupt,
one who drinks iniquity like water!(L)
17 “I will show you; listen to me;
what I have seen I will declare—
18 what sages have told
and their ancestors have not hidden,(M)
19 to whom alone the land was given,
and no stranger passed among them.
20 The wicked writhe in pain all their days,
through all the years that are laid up for the ruthless.(N)
21 Terrifying sounds are in their ears;
in prosperity the destroyer will come upon them.(O)
22 They despair of returning from darkness,
and they are destined for the sword.(P)
23 They wander abroad for bread, saying, ‘Where is it?’
They know that a day of darkness is ready at hand;(Q)
24 distress and anguish terrify them;
they prevail against them like a king prepared for battle.
25 Because they stretched out their hands against God
and bid defiance to the Almighty,[b](R)
26 running stubbornly against him
with a thickly bossed shield;
27 because they have covered their faces with their fat
and gathered fat upon their loins,(S)
28 they will live in desolate cities,
in houses that no one should inhabit,
houses destined to become heaps of ruins;
29 they will not be rich, and their wealth will not endure,
nor will they strike root in the earth;[c](T)
30 they will not escape from darkness;
the flame will dry up their shoots,
and their blossom[d] will be swept away by the wind.(U)
31 Let them not trust in emptiness, deceiving themselves,
for emptiness will be their recompense.(V)
32 It will be paid in full before their time,
and their branch will not be green.(W)
33 They will shake off their unripe grape, like the vine,
and cast off their blossoms, like the olive tree.(X)
34 For the company of the godless is barren,
and fire consumes the tents of bribery.(Y)
35 They conceive mischief and bring forth evil,
and their belly prepares deceit.”(Z)
Job 15
Nueva Biblia de las Américas
Job 15
Nueva Biblia de las Américas
Elifaz reprende de nuevo a Job
15 Entonces Elifaz, el temanita respondió:
2 «¿Debe responder un sabio con hueca sabiduría
Y llenarse[a] de viento del este(A)?
3 -»¿Debe argumentar con razones inútiles
O con palabras sin provecho?
4 -»Ciertamente, tú rechazas la reverencia,
E impides la meditación delante de Dios.
5 -»Porque tu culpa(B) enseña a tu boca,
Y escoges el lenguaje de los astutos(C).
6 -»Tu propia boca te condena, y no yo,
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 -»Si 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 la iniquidad como agua(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 con su gordura(Y),
Se le han hecho pliegues de grasa sobre la cintura,
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 sus uvas verdes como la vid,
Y como el olivo dejará caer 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
- 15:2 Lit. llenar su vientre.
- 15:8 O consejo.
- 15:9 Lit. no esté en nosotros?
- 15:11 O pequeños.
- 15:20 Lit. el número de los años está reservado.
- 15:21 Lit. Un ruido de terrores.
- 15:23 Lit. está listo a su mano.
- 15:25 Heb. Shaddai.
- 15:26 Lit. con grueso relieve.
- 15:28 O montones.
- 15:29 O riqueza.
- 15:30 Lit. se apartará.
- 15:30 I.e. la boca de Él.
- 15:31 Lit. intercambio.
- 15:34 Lit. de un soborno.
- 15:35 O dolor.
- 15:35 Lit. vientre.
Job 15
New International Version
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
Wycliffe Bible
Job 15
Wycliffe Bible
15 Then Eliphaz (the) Temanite answered, and said,
2 Whether a wise man shall answer, as speaking against the wind, and shall fill his stomach with burning, that is ire? (Would a wise man answer someone, whose speaking is merely wind, and who filleth his stomach with hot air?)
3 For thou reprovest him by words, which is not like thee, and thou speakest that, that speedeth not to thee. (For thou rebukest him with worthless words, and thou speakest, what profiteth thee not.)
4 As much as is in thee, thou hast avoided dread; and thou hast taken away thy prayers before God. (As much as is possible, thou hast avoided fearing God/revering God; and thou hast not presented thy prayers to God.)
5 For [thy] wickedness hath taught thy mouth, and thou followest the tongue of blasphemers.
6 Thy tongue [Thy mouth], and not I, shall condemn thee, and thy lips shall answer (against) thee.
7 Whether thou art born the first man, and whether thou art formed before (the) little hills? (Art thou the first man born, and wast thou formed before the little hills?)
8 Whether thou hast heard the counsel of God, and whether his wisdom is lower than thou? (and is his wisdom less than thine?)
9 What thing knowest thou, which we know not? What thing understandest thou, which we know not?
10 Both wise men and eld (men), much elder than thy fathers (much older than thy father), be among us.
11 Whether it is great, that God comfort thee? But thy shrewd words forbid this. (Is it not wonderful, that God comforteth thee? But thy depraved words forbid this.)
12 What raiseth thine heart thee, and thou as thinking great things hast eyes astonished? (What raiseth up thy heart, to think such great things? and why be thine eyes astonished?)
13 What swelleth thy spirit against God, that thou bring forth of thy mouth such words? (What swelleth thy spirit against God, so that thou bring forth such words out of thy mouth?)
14 What is a man, that he be without wem, and that he, born of a woman, appear just? (What is a man, is he ever pure, or without fault? yea, he, who is born of a woman, is he ever truly right before God?)
15 Lo! none among his saints is unchangeable (Lo! no one among his saints is trustworthy), and (even the) heavens be not clean in his sight.
16 How much more is a man abominable and unprofitable, that drinketh wickedness as water? (Then how much more abominable and unprofitable is man, who drinketh wickedness like water?)
17 I shall show to thee, hear thou me; I shall tell to thee that, that I saw (I shall tell thee, what I saw).
18 Wise men acknowledge, and hide (it) not their fathers. (The wise acknowledge it, and their forefathers hide it not.)
19 To which wise men alone the earth is given, and an alien shall not pass by them. (To whom alone the land was given; and no foreigner lived among them.)
20 A wicked man is proud in all his days; and the number of his years and of his tyranny is uncertain.
21 The sound of dread is ever[more] in his ears, and when peace is, he supposeth ever[more] treasons. (A fearful sound is forever in his ears, and even when there is peace, he always expecteth an attack.)
22 He believeth not that he may turn again from darknesses to light; and he beholdeth about on each side (for) a sword.
23 When he stirreth him[self] to seek bread, he knoweth, that the day of darknesses is made ready in his hand (he knoweth that the day of darkness is at hand).
24 Tribulation shall make him afeared, and anguish shall (en)compass him, as a king which is made ready to battle. (Tribulation shall make him afraid, and anguish shall surround him, like a king who is made ready for battle.)
25 For he held forth his hand against God, and he was made strong against Almighty God. (For he put forth his hand against God, and he made himself strong against Almighty God.)
26 He ran with his neck raised up against God, and he was armed with a fat noll. (He ran with his head raised up against God, and he was armed with a stiff neck, or he was stubborn.)
27 Fatness, that is, pride of temporal abundance, covered his face, or understanding, and outward fatness, that is, unshamefastness, hangeth down of his sides (hangeth down on his sides). [Fatness covered his face, and of his sides grease hangeth. (Fatness covered his face, and grease hangeth down on his sides.)]
28 He shall dwell in desolate cities (He shall live in empty cities), and in deserted houses, that be turned into burials.
29 He shall not be made rich, neither his chattel shall dwell steadfastly (nor shall his substance, or his possessions, endure); neither he shall send his root into the earth,
30 neither he shall go away from darknesses. Flame shall make dry his branches, and he shall be taken away by the spirit of his mouth (The flame shall dry up his branches, and then he shall be taken away by the wind).
31 Believe he not vainly which is deceived by error, that he shall be again-bought by any price. (He, who is deceived by error, vainly believeth that he shall be bought back, or redeemed, at any price.)
32 Before that his days be [ful]filled, he shall perish, and his hands shall wax dry;
33 he shall be hurt as a vine in the first flower of his grape, and as an olive tree casting away his flower. (he shall be like a vine that droppeth off its unripe grapes, or like an olive tree that casteth away its flowering buds.)
34 For the gathering together of an hypocrite is barren, and fire shall devour the tabernacles of them, that take gifts willfully. (For hypocrites, one and all, be barren, and fire shall devour the tents of those, who willingly take gifts.)
35 He conceived sorrow, and childed wickedness, and his womb maketh ready treacheries.
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.
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