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Job responde a Bildad

26 Entonces respondió Job y dijo:


—¿En qué has ayudado al que no tiene poder,
o librado al brazo que no tiene fuerza?
¿Qué has aconsejado al que no tiene
sabiduría?
¿Qué sano conocimiento has enseñado en plenitud?
¿Con la ayuda de quién has expresado palabras,
y de quién es el espíritu que habla en ti?
»Tiemblan las sombras de los muertos debajo de las aguas y de los que las habitan.
El Seol está desnudo delante de Dios,
y el Abadón[a] no tiene cubierta.
Él despliega el norte sobre el vacío
y suspende la tierra sobre la nada.
Él encierra las aguas en sus nubes,
y las nubes no se rompen a causa
de ellas.
Él cubre la faz de la luna llena
y sobre ella extiende una nube.
10 Él trazó el horizonte sobre la faz de
las aguas
hasta el límite de la luz con las tinieblas.
11 Las columnas de los cielos se estremecen y están atónitas ante su reprensión.
12 Él aquietó el mar con su poder,
y con su entendimiento aniquiló
a Rahab[b].
13 Con su soplo despejó los cielos,
y su mano atravesó a la serpiente furtiva[c].
14 »He aquí, estos son tan solo los bordes de sus caminos.
¡Cuán leve murmullo hemos oído de él! Pero el trueno de su poderío, ¿quién lo podrá comprender?

Footnotes

  1. Job 26:6 Cf. Apoc. 9:11.
  2. Job 26:12 Cf. Sal. 89:10; Isa. 30:7.
  3. Job 26:13 Alusión al Leviatán; cf. 41:1 ss., Isa. 27:1.

Job: Man’s Frailty and God’s Majesty

26 But Job answered and said:

“How have you helped him who is without power?
How have you saved the arm that has no strength?
How have you counseled one who has no wisdom?
And how have you declared sound advice to many?
To whom have you uttered words?
And whose spirit came from you?

“The dead tremble,
Those under the waters and those inhabiting them.
(A)Sheol is naked before Him,
And Destruction has no covering.
(B)He stretches out the north over empty space;
He hangs the earth on nothing.
(C)He binds up the water in His thick clouds,
Yet the clouds [a]are not broken under it.
He covers the face of His throne,
And spreads His cloud over it.
10 (D)He drew a circular horizon on the face of the waters,
At the boundary of light and darkness.
11 The pillars of heaven tremble,
And are [b]astonished at His rebuke.
12 (E)He stirs up the sea with His power,
And by His understanding He breaks up [c]the storm.
13 (F)By His Spirit He adorned the heavens;
His hand pierced (G)the fleeing serpent.
14 Indeed these are the mere edges of His ways,
And how small a whisper we hear of Him!
But the thunder of His power who can understand?”

Footnotes

  1. Job 26:8 do not break
  2. Job 26:11 amazed
  3. Job 26:12 Heb. rahab

26 But Job answered and said,

How hast thou helped him that is without power? how savest thou the arm that hath no strength?

How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom? and how hast thou plentifully declared the thing as it is?

To whom hast thou uttered words? and whose spirit came from thee?

Dead things are formed from under the waters, and the inhabitants thereof.

Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.

He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing.

He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.

He holdeth back the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloud upon it.

10 He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end.

11 The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his reproof.

12 He divideth the sea with his power, and by his understanding he smiteth through the proud.

13 By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his hand hath formed the crooked serpent.

14 Lo, these are parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand?

Job

26 Then Job replied:

“How you have helped the powerless!(A)
    How you have saved the arm that is feeble!(B)
What advice you have offered to one without wisdom!
    And what great insight(C) you have displayed!
Who has helped you utter these words?
    And whose spirit spoke from your mouth?(D)

“The dead are in deep anguish,(E)
    those beneath the waters and all that live in them.
The realm of the dead(F) is naked before God;
    Destruction[a](G) lies uncovered.(H)
He spreads out the northern skies(I) over empty space;
    he suspends the earth over nothing.(J)
He wraps up the waters(K) in his clouds,(L)
    yet the clouds do not burst under their weight.
He covers the face of the full moon,
    spreading his clouds(M) over it.
10 He marks out the horizon on the face of the waters(N)
    for a boundary between light and darkness.(O)
11 The pillars of the heavens quake,(P)
    aghast at his rebuke.
12 By his power he churned up the sea;(Q)
    by his wisdom(R) he cut Rahab(S) to pieces.
13 By his breath the skies(T) became fair;
    his hand pierced the gliding serpent.(U)
14 And these are but the outer fringe of his works;
    how faint the whisper(V) we hear of him!(W)
    Who then can understand the thunder of his power?”(X)

Footnotes

  1. Job 26:6 Hebrew Abaddon