Job 22
La Palabra (España)
Tercer ciclo de discursos (22—27)
Job es invitado a arrepentirse
22 Elifaz de Temán respondió así:
2 ¿Puede un mortal ser útil a Dios
cuando apenas el sabio lo es para sí?
3 ¿Le importa al Todopoderoso tu honradez?
¿Le aprovecha en algo tu recta conducta?
4 ¿Crees que te castiga por tu piedad,
o te emplaza a juicio por eso?
5 ¿No será por tu maldad sin límites,
por tus incontables delitos?
6 Exigías sin motivo prendas a tus hermanos,
despojabas de su ropa al desnudo;
7 no dabas agua al sediento,
negabas el pan al hambriento;
8 Como poderoso dueño del país,
arrogante habitante de él,
9 despedías a las viudas de vacío
y debilitabas los brazos de los huérfanos.
10 Por eso te encuentras entre redes,
te asalta de improviso el terror,
11 la oscuridad no te permite ver,
te engullen aguas caudalosas.
12 ¿No está Dios en lo alto del cielo?
¡Bajo él contempla las altas estrellas!
13 Y encima dices: “¿Qué sabe Dios?
¿Podrá ver a través de las nubes?
14 El manto de nubes no le deja ver
cuando recorre la órbita del cielo”.
15 ¿Caminarás por la antigua ruta
que hollaron perversos mortales,
16 aventados antes de tiempo,
cuando la riada arrancó sus cimientos?
17 Decían a Dios: “¡Déjanos en paz!,
¿qué puede hacernos el Todopoderoso?”.
18 Y eso que colmaba sus casas de bienes.
¡Lejos de mí el consejo de los malvados!
19 Los justos se alegran al verlo,
los rectos se burlan de ellos,
20 pues sus posesiones han sido barridas,
su abundancia ha sido consumida por el fuego.
21 Reconcíliate con él y haz las paces,
de ese modo te devolverá la dicha.
22 Acepta la instrucción de su boca,
piensa siempre en lo que te dice.
23 Si vuelves al Todopoderoso con humildad,
si alejas de tu hogar la injusticia,
24 si arrojas tu oro al polvo,
el Ofir a las piedras del arroyo,
25 el Todopoderoso será tu tesoro,
será tu plata en abundancia;
26 el Todopoderoso será tu delicia,
mirarás a Dios con confianza.
27 Él escuchará tus plegarias
y podrás cumplir tus votos;
28 tendrás éxito en tus decisiones,
la luz iluminará tu camino.
29 Él humilla a los arrogantes,
el humilde encontrará un salvador;
30 incluso el culpable se verá a salvo
gracias a la pureza de tus manos.
Job 22
English Standard Version
Eliphaz Speaks: Job's Wickedness Is Great
22 Then (A)Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said:
2 (B)“Can a man be profitable to God?
Surely he who is wise is profitable to himself.
3 Is it any pleasure to the Almighty if you are in the right,
or is it gain to him if you (C)make your ways blameless?
4 Is it for your fear of him that he reproves you
and (D)enters into judgment with you?
5 Is not your evil abundant?
There is no end to your iniquities.
6 For you have (E)exacted pledges of your brothers for nothing
(F)and stripped the naked of their clothing.
7 You have given no water to the weary to drink,
and you have (G)withheld bread from the hungry.
8 (H)The man with power possessed the land,
and (I)the favored man lived in it.
9 You have (J)sent widows away empty,
and (K)the arms of (L)the fatherless were crushed.
10 Therefore (M)snares are all around you,
and sudden terror overwhelms you,
11 or (N)darkness, so that you cannot see,
and a (O)flood of (P)water covers you.
12 “Is not God high in the heavens?
See (Q)the highest stars, how lofty they are!
13 But you say, (R)‘What does God know?
Can he judge through (S)the deep darkness?
14 (T)Thick clouds veil him, so that he does not see,
and he walks on the vault of heaven.’
15 Will you keep to the old way
that wicked men have trod?
16 They were snatched away (U)before their time;
their foundation was washed away.[a]
17 They said to God, (V)‘Depart from us,’
and (W)‘What can the Almighty do to us?’[b]
18 Yet he filled their houses with good things—
but (X)the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
19 (Y)The righteous see it and are glad;
the innocent one (Z)mocks at them,
20 saying, ‘Surely our adversaries are cut off,
and what they left (AA)the fire has consumed.’
21 (AB)“Agree with God, and (AC)be at peace;
thereby good will come to you.
22 Receive instruction from (AD)his mouth,
and (AE)lay up his words in your heart.
23 If you (AF)return to the Almighty you will be (AG)built up;
if you (AH)remove injustice far from your tents,
24 if you lay gold in (AI)the dust,
and gold of (AJ)Ophir among the stones of the torrent-bed,
25 then the Almighty will be your gold
and your precious silver.
26 For then you (AK)will delight yourself in the Almighty
and (AL)lift up your face to God.
27 You will (AM)make your prayer to him, and he will hear you,
and you will (AN)pay your vows.
28 You will decide on a matter, and it will be established for you,
and (AO)light will shine on your ways.
29 For when they are humbled you say, ‘It is because of pride’;[c]
but he saves (AP)the lowly.
30 He (AQ)delivers even the one who is not innocent,
who will be delivered through (AR)the cleanness of your hands.”
La Palabra, (versión española) © 2010 Texto y Edición, Sociedad Bíblica de España
The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. ESV Text Edition: 2025.
