Job 26
Nueva Biblia de las Américas
Job afirma la soberanía de Dios
26 Entonces respondió Job:
2 «¡Qué ayuda eres para el débil[a](A)!
¡Cómo has salvado al brazo sin fuerza(B)!
3 -»¡Qué consejos has dado al que no tiene sabiduría,
Y qué útil conocimiento has dado[b] en abundancia!
4 -»¿A quién has proferido tus palabras,
Y de quién es el espíritu que habló en[c] ti?
5 ¶»Las sombras[d](C) tiemblan
Bajo las aguas y sus habitantes.
6 -»(D)Desnudo está el Seol[e] ante Él,
Y el Abadón[f](E) no tiene cobertura.
7 -»Él extiende el norte(F) sobre el vacío,
Y cuelga la tierra sobre la nada.
8 -»Envuelve las aguas en Sus nubes(G),
Y la nube no se rompe bajo ellas.
9 -»Oscurece[g] la superficie de la luna llena[h],
Y extiende sobre ella(H) Su nube.
10 -»Ha trazado un círculo sobre la superficie de las aguas(I)
En el límite de la luz y las tinieblas(J).
11 -»Las columnas del cielo tiemblan
Y se espantan ante Su reprensión.
12 -»Al mar agitó con Su poder(K),
Y al monstruo Rahab(L) quebrantó con Su entendimiento(M).
13 -»Con Su soplo se limpian[i] los cielos(N);
Su mano ha traspasado la serpiente huidiza(O).
14 -»Estos son los bordes de Sus caminos;
¡Y cuán leve es la palabra que de Él oímos(P)!
Pero Su potente trueno, ¿quién lo puede comprender(Q)?».
Job 26
English Standard Version
Job Replies: God's Majesty Is Unsearchable
26 Then Job answered and said:
2 “How you have (A)helped him who has no power!
How you have saved (B)the arm that has no strength!
3 How you have (C)counseled him who has no wisdom,
and plentifully declared sound knowledge!
4 With whose help have you uttered words,
and whose breath (D)has come out from you?
5 The (E)dead tremble
under the waters and their inhabitants.
6 Sheol is (F)naked before God,[a]
and (G)Abaddon has no covering.
7 He (H)stretches out the north over (I)the void
and hangs the earth on nothing.
8 He (J)binds up the waters in his thick clouds,
and the cloud is not split open under them.
9 He covers the face of the full moon[b]
and (K)spreads over it his cloud.
10 He has inscribed (L)a circle on the face of the waters
at the boundary between light and darkness.
11 (M)The pillars of heaven tremble
and are astounded at his (N)rebuke.
12 By his power he (O)stilled the sea;
by his understanding he shattered (P)Rahab.
13 (Q)By his wind the heavens were made fair;
his hand pierced (R)the fleeing serpent.
14 Behold, these are but the outskirts of his (S)ways,
and how small (T)a whisper do we hear of him!
But the thunder of his power who can understand?”
Job 26
American Standard Version
26 Then Job answered and said,
2 How hast thou helped him that is without power!
How hast thou saved the arm that hath no strength!
3 How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom,
And plentifully declared sound knowledge!
4 To whom hast thou uttered words?
And whose [a]spirit came forth from thee?
5 [b]They that are deceased tremble
Beneath the waters and the inhabitants thereof.
6 Sheol is naked before [c]God,
And [d]Abaddon hath no covering.
7 He stretcheth out the north over empty space,
And hangeth the earth [e]upon nothing.
8 He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds;
And the cloud is not rent under them.
9 He incloseth the face of his throne,
And spreadeth his cloud upon it.
10 He hath described a boundary upon the face of the waters,
Unto the confines of light and darkness.
11 The pillars of heaven tremble
And are astonished at his rebuke.
12 He [f]stirreth up the sea with his power,
And by his understanding he smiteth through Rahab.
13 By his Spirit the heavens are [g]garnished;
His hand hath pierced the [h]swift serpent.
14 Lo, these are but the outskirts of his ways:
And [i]how small a whisper [j]do we hear of him!
But the thunder of his [k]power who can understand?
Footnotes
- Job 26:4 Hebrew breath.
- Job 26:5 Or, The shades. Hebrew The Rephaim.
- Job 26:6 Hebrew him.
- Job 26:6 Or, Destruction
- Job 26:7 Or, over
- Job 26:12 Or, stilleth
- Job 26:13 Hebrew beauty.
- Job 26:13 Or, fleeing. Or, gliding
- Job 26:14 Or, how little a portion
- Job 26:14 Or, is heard
- Job 26:14 Or, mighty deeds
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