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Job 20
Dios Habla Hoy
Job 20
Dios Habla Hoy
Sofar
20 Tú me pones inquieto e impaciente;
por eso quiero contestarte.
3 Con tus reproches me insultas,
pero yo sé cómo responderte.
4 Tú sabes que siempre ha sido así
desde que el hombre existe sobre la tierra:
5 la alegría del malvado dura poco;
su gozo es sólo por un momento.
6 Aunque sea tan alto como el cielo
y su cabeza llegue hasta las nubes,
7 acabará como el estiércol
y sus amigos no sabrán su paradero.
8 Desaparecerá como un sueño, como una visión nocturna,
y nadie podrá encontrarlo.
9 Los que vivían con él y lo veían,
no lo volverán a ver.
10 Sus hijos tendrán que devolver a los pobres
lo que él había robado.
11 En pleno vigor y juventud
bajará a la tumba.
12 El mal le parece tan delicioso
que lo saborea con la lengua;
13 retiene su sabor en la boca
y lo paladea lentamente.
14 Pero luego, en el estómago,
se le convierte en veneno de serpiente.
15 Vomita las riquezas que había devorado;
Dios se las saca del estómago.
16 Estaba chupando veneno de serpiente,
y ese veneno lo matará.
17 No podrá disfrutar de la abundancia
de la leche y la miel, que corren como ríos.
18 Todo lo que había ganado, tendrá que devolverlo;
no podrá aprovecharlo ni gozar de sus riquezas.
19 Explotó y abandonó a los pobres;
se adueñó de casas que no había construido.
20 Nunca quedaba satisfecho su apetito,
ni nada se libraba de su ambición;
21 nada escapaba a su voracidad.
Por eso no podrá durar su dicha.
22 Cuanta más abundancia tenga, más infeliz será;
sobre él caerá la mano de los malvados.
23 Cuando trate de llenar su estómago,
Dios descargará su ira sobre él:
hará llover sobre él su enojo.
24 Si escapa de un arma de hierro,
lo alcanzarán con un arco de bronce.
25 La flecha le atravesará el cuerpo,
y la punta le saldrá por el hígado.
Se llenará de terror;
26 total oscuridad lo envolverá.
Un fuego que no hará falta avivar
acabará con él y con toda su casa.
27 El cielo pondrá al descubierto su pecado,
y la tierra se levantará para acusarlo.
28 Cuando la ira de Dios se desborde sobre él,
se perderán todas sus riquezas.
29 Esto es lo que Dios ha destinado para el malo;
ésta es la suerte que le tiene preparada.
Job 20
New International Version
Job 20
New International Version
Zophar
20 Then Zophar the Naamathite(A) replied:
2 “My troubled thoughts prompt me to answer
because I am greatly disturbed.(B)
3 I hear a rebuke(C) that dishonors me,
and my understanding inspires me to reply.
4 “Surely you know how it has been from of old,(D)
ever since mankind[a] was placed on the earth,
5 that the mirth of the wicked(E) is brief,
the joy of the godless(F) lasts but a moment.(G)
6 Though the pride(H) of the godless person reaches to the heavens(I)
and his head touches the clouds,(J)
7 he will perish forever,(K) like his own dung;
those who have seen him will say, ‘Where is he?’(L)
8 Like a dream(M) he flies away,(N) no more to be found,
banished(O) like a vision of the night.(P)
9 The eye that saw him will not see him again;
his place will look on him no more.(Q)
10 His children(R) must make amends to the poor;
his own hands must give back his wealth.(S)
11 The youthful vigor(T) that fills his bones(U)
will lie with him in the dust.(V)
12 “Though evil(W) is sweet in his mouth
and he hides it under his tongue,(X)
13 though he cannot bear to let it go
and lets it linger in his mouth,(Y)
14 yet his food will turn sour in his stomach;(Z)
it will become the venom of serpents(AA) within him.
15 He will spit out the riches(AB) he swallowed;
God will make his stomach vomit(AC) them up.
16 He will suck the poison(AD) of serpents;
the fangs of an adder will kill him.(AE)
17 He will not enjoy the streams,
the rivers(AF) flowing with honey(AG) and cream.(AH)
18 What he toiled for he must give back uneaten;(AI)
he will not enjoy the profit from his trading.(AJ)
19 For he has oppressed the poor(AK) and left them destitute;(AL)
he has seized houses(AM) he did not build.
20 “Surely he will have no respite from his craving;(AN)
he cannot save himself by his treasure.(AO)
21 Nothing is left for him to devour;
his prosperity will not endure.(AP)
22 In the midst of his plenty, distress will overtake him;(AQ)
the full force of misery will come upon him.(AR)
23 When he has filled his belly,(AS)
God will vent his burning anger(AT) against him
and rain down his blows on him.(AU)
24 Though he flees(AV) from an iron weapon,
a bronze-tipped arrow pierces him.(AW)
25 He pulls it out of his back,
the gleaming point out of his liver.
Terrors(AX) will come over him;(AY)
26 total darkness(AZ) lies in wait for his treasures.
A fire(BA) unfanned will consume him(BB)
and devour what is left in his tent.(BC)
27 The heavens will expose his guilt;
the earth will rise up against him.(BD)
28 A flood will carry off his house,(BE)
rushing waters[b] on the day of God’s wrath.(BF)
29 Such is the fate God allots the wicked,
the heritage appointed for them by God.”(BG)
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