Job 2
Nueva Traducción Viviente
Segunda prueba de Job
2 Un día los miembros de la corte celestial[a] llegaron nuevamente para presentarse delante del Señor, y el Acusador, Satanás,[b] vino con ellos. 2 El Señor le preguntó:
—¿De dónde vienes?
Satanás contestó al Señor:
—He estado recorriendo la tierra, observando todo lo que ocurre.
3 Entonces el Señor le preguntó a Satanás:
—¿Te has fijado en mi siervo Job? Es el mejor hombre en toda la tierra; es un hombre intachable y de absoluta integridad. Tiene temor de Dios y se mantiene apartado del mal. Además ha conservado su integridad a pesar de que tú me incitaste a que le hiciera daño sin ningún motivo.
4 Satanás respondió al Señor:
—¡Piel por piel! Cualquier hombre renunciaría a todo lo que tiene para salvar su vida. 5 Así que extiende tu mano y quítale la salud, ¡ten por seguro que te maldecirá en tu propia cara!
6 —Muy bien, haz con él lo que quieras—dijo el Señor a Satanás—, pero no le quites la vida.
7 Entonces Satanás salió de la presencia del Señor e hirió a Job con terribles llagas en la piel, desde la cabeza hasta los pies.
8 Job, sentado entre cenizas, se rascaba con un trozo de teja. 9 Su esposa le dijo: «¿Todavía intentas conservar tu integridad? Maldice a Dios y muérete».
10 Sin embargo, Job contestó: «Hablas como una mujer necia. ¿Aceptaremos solo las cosas buenas que vienen de la mano de Dios y nunca lo malo?». A pesar de todo, Job no dijo nada incorrecto.
Los tres amigos de Job comparten su angustia
11 Cuando tres de los amigos de Job se enteraron de la tragedia que había sufrido, viajaron juntos desde sus respectivos hogares para consolarlo y confortarlo. Sus nombres eran Elifaz, el temanita; Bildad, el suhita y Zofar, el naamatita. 12 Cuando vieron a Job de lejos, apenas lo reconocieron. Con fuertes lamentos, rasgaron sus vestidos y echaron polvo al aire sobre sus cabezas en señal de dolor. 13 Entonces, durante siete días y siete noches, se sentaron en el suelo junto a Job, y ninguno le decía nada porque veían que su sufrimiento era demasiado grande para expresarlo con palabras.
Job 2
Living Bible
2 Now the angels[a] came again to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan was with them.
2 “Where have you come from?” the Lord asked Satan.
“From earth, where I’ve been watching everything that’s going on,” Satan replied.
3 “Well, have you noticed my servant Job?” the Lord asked. “He is the finest man in all the earth—a good man who fears God and turns away from all evil. And he has kept his faith in me despite the fact that you persuaded me to let you harm him without any cause.”
4-5 “Skin for skin,” Satan replied. “A man will give anything to save his life. Touch his body with sickness, and he will curse you to your face!”
6 “Do with him as you please,” the Lord replied; “only spare his life.”
7 So Satan went out from the presence of the Lord and struck Job with a terrible case of boils from head to foot. 8 Then Job took a broken piece of pottery to scrape himself and sat among the ashes.
9 His wife said to him, “Are you still trying to be godly when God has done all this to you? Curse him and die.”
10 But he replied, “You talk like some heathen woman. What? Shall we receive only pleasant things from the hand of God and never anything unpleasant?” So in all this Job said nothing wrong.
11 When three of Job’s friends heard of all the tragedy that had befallen him, they got in touch with each other and traveled from their homes to comfort and console him. Their names were Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. 12 Job was so changed that they could scarcely recognize him. Wailing loudly in despair, they tore their robes and threw dust into the air and put earth on their heads to demonstrate their sorrow. 13 Then they sat upon the ground with him silently for seven days and nights, no one speaking a word; for they saw that his suffering was too great for words.
Footnotes
- Job 2:1 the angels, literally, “the sons of God.”
Job 2
New International Version
2 On another day the angels[a](A) came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also came with them(B) to present himself before him. 2 And the Lord said to Satan, “Where have you come from?”
Satan answered the Lord, “From roaming throughout the earth, going back and forth on it.”(C)
3 Then the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one on earth like him; he is blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil.(D) And he still maintains his integrity,(E) though you incited me against him to ruin him without any reason.”(F)
4 “Skin for skin!” Satan replied. “A man will give all he has(G) for his own life. 5 But now stretch out your hand and strike his flesh and bones,(H) and he will surely curse you to your face.”(I)
6 The Lord said to Satan, “Very well, then, he is in your hands;(J) but you must spare his life.”(K)
7 So Satan went out from the presence of the Lord and afflicted Job with painful sores from the soles of his feet to the crown of his head.(L) 8 Then Job took a piece of broken pottery and scraped himself with it as he sat among the ashes.(M)
9 His wife said to him, “Are you still maintaining your integrity?(N) Curse God and die!”(O)
10 He replied, “You are talking like a foolish[b] woman. Shall we accept good from God, and not trouble?”(P)
In all this, Job did not sin in what he said.(Q)
11 When Job’s three friends, Eliphaz the Temanite,(R) Bildad the Shuhite(S) and Zophar the Naamathite,(T) heard about all the troubles that had come upon him, they set out from their homes and met together by agreement to go and sympathize with him and comfort him.(U) 12 When they saw him from a distance, they could hardly recognize him;(V) they began to weep aloud,(W) and they tore their robes(X) and sprinkled dust on their heads.(Y) 13 Then they sat on the ground(Z) with him for seven days and seven nights.(AA) No one said a word to him,(AB) because they saw how great his suffering was.
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