Job 34
Biblia del Jubileo
34 Además respondió Eliú, y dijo:
2 Oíd, sabios, mis palabras; y vosotros, doctos, estadme atentos.
3 Porque el oído prueba las palabras, como el paladar gusta para comer.
4 Escojamos para nosotros el juicio, conozcamos entre nosotros cuál sea lo bueno;
5 porque Job ha dicho: Yo soy justo, y Dios me ha quitado mi derecho.
6 En mi juicio fue mentiroso, mi saeta es gravosa sin haber yo prevaricado.
7 ¿Qué hombre hay como Job, que bebe el escarnio como agua?
8 Y va en compañía con los que obran iniquidad, y anda con los hombres maliciosos.
9 Porque dijo: De nada servirá al hombre el conformar su voluntad con Dios.
10 Por tanto, varones de entendimiento, oídme: Lejos esté de Dios la impiedad, y del Omnipotente la iniquidad.
11 Porque él pagará al hombre según su obra, y él le hará hallar conforme a su camino.
12 Sí, por cierto, Dios no hará injusticia, y el Omnipotente no pervertirá el derecho.
13 ¿Quién visitó por él la tierra? ¿Y quién puso en orden todo el mundo?
14 Si él pusiera sobre el hombre su corazón, y recogiere así su espíritu y su aliento,
15 toda carne perecería juntamente, y el hombre se tornaría en polvo.
16 Si pues hay en ti entendimiento, oye esto: Escucha la voz de mis palabras.
17 ¿Por ventura se enseñoreará el que aborrece el juicio? ¿Y condenarás tú al poderoso siendo justo?
18 ¿Por ventura se ha de llamar al rey: De Belial; y a los príncipes: Impíos?
19 Cuánto menos a aquel que no hace acepción de personas de príncipes, ni el rico es de él más respetado que el pobre; porque todos son obras de sus manos.
20 En un momento mueren, y a media noche se alborotarán los pueblos, y pasarán, y sin mano será quitado el poderoso.
21 Porque sus ojos están puestos sobre los caminos del hombre, y ve todos sus pasos.
22 No hay tinieblas, ni sombra de muerte donde se encubran los que obran iniquidad.
23 No carga pues él al hombre más de lo justo, para que vaya con Dios a juicio.
24 El quebrantará a los fuertes sin pesquisa, y hará estar a otros en su lugar.
25 Por tanto él hará notorias las obras de ellos, cuando los trastornará en la noche, y serán quebrantados.
26 Como a malos los herirá en lugar donde sean vistos;
27 por cuanto así se apartaron de él, y no consideraron todos sus caminos;
28 haciendo venir delante de sí el clamor del pobre, y él oye el clamor de los necesitados.
29 Y si él diere reposo, ¿quién inquietará? Si escondiere el rostro, ¿quién lo mirará? Esto sobre una nación, y lo mismo sobre un hombre;
30 para que el hombre hipócrita no reine, y el pueblo no tropiece.
31 Porque de Dios es decir: Yo perdoné, no destruiré.
32 Enséñame tú lo que yo no veo; que si hice iniquidad, no lo haré más.
33 ¿Por ventura acabará por ti su obra, que no quieras tú, o quieras, o yo? Di lo que sabes.
34 Los hombres de entendimiento dirán conmigo, y el hombre sabio me oirá:
35 Que Job no habla con conocimiento, y sus palabras no son con prudencia.
36 Deseo yo que Job sea probado ampliamente, para que haya respuestas contra los hombres inicuos.
37 Porque a su pecado añadió rebelión; bate las manos entre nosotros, y contra Dios multiplica sus palabras.
Job 34
Legacy Standard Bible
Elihu Answers That God Will Be Just
34 Then Elihu answered and said,
2 “Hear my speech, you wise men,
And give ear to me, you who know.
3 For (A)the ear tests words
As the palate tastes food.
4 Let us choose for ourselves what is just;
Let us know among ourselves what is good.
5 For Job has said, ‘(B)I am righteous,
But (C)God has removed my justice;
6 [a]Should I lie concerning my justice?
My [b](D)wound is incurable, though I am without transgression.’
7 What man is like Job,
Who (E)drinks up mocking like water,
8 But he travels (F)in company with the workers of iniquity,
And walks with wicked men?
9 For he has said, ‘(G)It is of no use to a man
When he [c]is pleased with God.’
10 “Therefore, listen to me, you men with a heart of wisdom.
Far be it from God to (H)do injustice,
And from the Almighty to do wrong.
11 For He pays a man according to (I)his work,
And makes [d]him find it according to his way.
12 Truly, (J)God will not act wickedly,
And the Almighty will not pervert justice.
13 Who (K)appointed Him with authority over the earth?
And who (L)has laid on Him the whole world?
14 If He should set His heart on it,
If He should (M)gather to Himself His spirit and His breath,
15 All (N)flesh would breathe its last together,
And man would (O)return to dust.
16 “But if you have understanding, hear this;
Give ear to the sound of my speech.
17 Shall (P)one who hates justice [e]rule?
And (Q)will you condemn the righteous mighty One,
18 Who says to a king, ‘Vile one,’
To nobles, ‘Wicked ones’;
19 Who shows no (R)partiality to princes
Nor recognizes the rich above the poor,
For they all are the (S)work of His hands?
20 In a moment they die, and (T)at midnight
People are shaken and pass away,
And (U)the mighty are taken away without a hand.
21 “For (V)His eyes are upon the ways of a man,
And He sees all his steps.
22 There is (W)no darkness or shadow of death
Where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.
23 [f]For He does not (X)need to consider a man further,
That he should go before God in judgment.
24 He breaks in pieces (Y)mighty men without searching anything out,
And sets others in their place.
25 Therefore He (Z)recognizes their labors,
And (AA)He overthrows them in the night,
And they are crushed.
26 He (AB)strikes them like the wicked
[g]In a public place,
27 Because they (AC)turned aside from following Him,
And (AD)had no insight from any of His ways;
28 So that they caused (AE)the cry of the poor to come to Him,
And that He might (AF)hear the cry of the afflicted.
29 So if He keeps quiet, who then can condemn?
So if He hides His face, who then can perceive Him?
He is above both nation and man altogether,
30 So that (AG)godless men would not rule
Nor be snares of the people.
31 “For has anyone said to God,
‘I have borne chastisement;
I will not work destructively anymore;
32 Instruct me what I do not behold;
If I have (AH)done injustice,
I will not do it again’?
33 Shall He (AI)repay on your terms, because you have rejected it?
For you must choose, and not I;
Therefore say what you know.
34 Men with a heart of wisdom will say to me,
And a wise man who hears me,
35 ‘Job (AJ)speaks without knowledge,
And his words are without insight.
36 Job ought to be tested [h]to the limit
Because he answers (AK)like wicked men.
37 For he adds (AL)transgression to his sin;
He (AM)strikes his hands together among us,
And multiplies his words against God.’”
Footnotes
Job 34
King James Version
34 Furthermore Elihu answered and said,
2 Hear my words, O ye wise men; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge.
3 For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat.
4 Let us choose to us judgment: let us know among ourselves what is good.
5 For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment.
6 Should I lie against my right? my wound is incurable without transgression.
7 What man is like Job, who drinketh up scorning like water?
8 Which goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, and walketh with wicked men.
9 For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.
10 Therefore hearken unto me ye men of understanding: far be it from God, that he should do wickedness; and from the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity.
11 For the work of a man shall he render unto him, and cause every man to find according to his ways.
12 Yea, surely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert judgment.
13 Who hath given him a charge over the earth? or who hath disposed the whole world?
14 If he set his heart upon man, if he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath;
15 All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust.
16 If now thou hast understanding, hear this: hearken to the voice of my words.
17 Shall even he that hateth right govern? and wilt thou condemn him that is most just?
18 Is it fit to say to a king, Thou art wicked? and to princes, Ye are ungodly?
19 How much less to him that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? for they all are the work of his hands.
20 In a moment shall they die, and the people shall be troubled at midnight, and pass away: and the mighty shall be taken away without hand.
21 For his eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings.
22 There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.
23 For he will not lay upon man more than right; that he should enter into judgment with God.
24 He shall break in pieces mighty men without number, and set others in their stead.
25 Therefore he knoweth their works, and he overturneth them in the night, so that they are destroyed.
26 He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others;
27 Because they turned back from him, and would not consider any of his ways:
28 So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted.
29 When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth his face, who then can behold him? whether it be done against a nation, or against a man only:
30 That the hypocrite reign not, lest the people be ensnared.
31 Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne chastisement, I will not offend any more:
32 That which I see not teach thou me: if I have done iniquity, I will do no more.
33 Should it be according to thy mind? he will recompense it, whether thou refuse, or whether thou choose; and not I: therefore speak what thou knowest.
34 Let men of understanding tell me, and let a wise man hearken unto me.
35 Job hath spoken without knowledge, and his words were without wisdom.
36 My desire is that Job may be tried unto the end because of his answers for wicked men.
37 For he addeth rebellion unto his sin, he clappeth his hands among us, and multiplieth his words against God.
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