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Job 35
Nueva Versión Internacional
Job 35
Nueva Versión Internacional
Tercer discurso de Eliú
35 Además, Eliú dijo:
2 «Job, ¿crees tener la razón cuando afirmas:
“Mi justicia es mayor que la de Dios”?[a]
3 Igual cuando te atreves a preguntarle:
“¿En qué me beneficio si no peco?”.
4 »Pues bien, voy a responderles
a ti y a tus amigos.
5 Mira hacia el cielo y fíjate bien;
contempla las nubes en lo alto.
6 Si pecas, ¿en qué afectas a Dios?
Si multiplicas tus faltas, ¿en qué lo dañas?
7 Si actúas con justicia, ¿qué puedes darle?
¿Qué puede recibir de parte tuya?
8 Hagas el mal o hagas el bien,
los únicos afectados por tu justicia serán tus semejantes.
9 »Todo el mundo clama bajo el peso de la opresión,
y pide ser librado del brazo de los poderosos.
10 Pero nadie dice: “¿Dónde está Dios, mi Hacedor,
que me inspira cánticos por las noches,
11 que nos enseña más que a las bestias del campo,
que nos hace más sabios que las aves del cielo?”.
12 Si Dios no responde al clamor de la gente,
es por la arrogancia de los malvados.
13 Dios no escucha sus vanas peticiones;
el Todopoderoso no les presta atención.
14 Aun cuando digas que no puedes verlo,
tu caso está delante de él y debes aguardarlo.
15 Tú dices que Dios no se enoja ni castiga
y que no se da cuenta de tanta iniquidad;[b]
16 pero tú, Job, abres la boca y dices tonterías;
hablas mucho y no sabes lo que dices».
Job 35
Contemporary English Version
Job 35
Contemporary English Version
Elihu Continues
Are You Really Innocent?
35 Elihu said:
2 Job, are you really innocent
in the sight of God?[a]
3 Don't you honestly believe
it pays to obey him?
4 I will give the answers
to you and your friends.
* 5 Look up to the heavens
6 (A) and think!
Do your sins hurt God?
7 Is any good you may have done
at all helpful to him?
8 The evil or good you do
only affects other humans.
9 In times of trouble,
everyone begs the mighty God
to have mercy.
10 But after their Creator
helps them through hard times,
they forget about him,
11 though he makes us wiser
than animals or birds.
12 God won't listen to the prayers
of proud and evil people.
13 If God All-Powerful refuses
to answer their empty prayers,
14 he will surely deny
your impatient request
to face him in court.
15 Job, you were wrong to say
God doesn't punish sin.
16 Everything you have said
adds up to nonsense.
Footnotes
- 35.2 are … God: Or “is it right for you to accuse God?”
Job 35
New International Version
Job 35
New International Version
35 Then Elihu said:
2 “Do you think this is just?
You say, ‘I am in the right,(A) not God.’(B)
3 Yet you ask him, ‘What profit is it to me,[a]
and what do I gain by not sinning?’(C)
4 “I would like to reply to you
and to your friends with you.
5 Look up at the heavens(D) and see;
gaze at the clouds so high above you.(E)
6 If you sin, how does that affect him?
If your sins are many, what does that do to him?(F)
7 If you are righteous, what do you give to him,(G)
or what does he receive(H) from your hand?(I)
8 Your wickedness only affects humans like yourself,(J)
and your righteousness only other people.(K)
9 “People cry out(L) under a load of oppression;(M)
they plead for relief from the arm of the powerful.(N)
10 But no one says, ‘Where is God my Maker,(O)
who gives songs(P) in the night,(Q)
11 who teaches(R) us(S) more than he teaches[b] the beasts of the earth
and makes us wiser than[c] the birds in the sky?’
12 He does not answer(T) when people cry out
because of the arrogance(U) of the wicked.(V)
13 Indeed, God does not listen to their empty plea;
the Almighty pays no attention to it.(W)
14 How much less, then, will he listen
when you say that you do not see him,(X)
that your case(Y) is before him
and you must wait for him,(Z)
15 and further, that his anger never punishes(AA)
and he does not take the least notice of wickedness.[d](AB)
16 So Job opens his mouth with empty talk;(AC)
without knowledge he multiplies words.”(AD)
Job 35
New Century Version
Job 35
New Century Version
35 Then Elihu said:
2 “Do you think this is fair?
You say, ‘God will show that I am right,’
3 but you also ask, ‘What’s the use?
I don’t gain anything by not sinning.’
4 “I will answer you
and your friends who are with you.
5 Look up at the sky
and see the clouds so high above you.
6 If you sin, it does nothing to God;
even if your sins are many, they do nothing to him.
7 If you are good, you give nothing to God;
he receives nothing from your hand.
8 Your evil ways only hurt others like yourself,
and the good you do only helps other human beings.
9 “People cry out when they are in trouble;
they beg for relief from powerful people.
10 But no one asks, ‘Where is God, my Maker,
who gives us songs in the night,
11 who makes us smarter than the animals of the earth
and wiser than the birds of the air?’
12 God does not answer evil people when they cry out,
because the wicked are proud.
13 God does not listen to their useless begging;
the Almighty pays no attention to them.
14 He will listen to you even less
when you say that you do not see him,
that your case is before him,
that you must wait for him,
15 that his anger never punishes,
and that he doesn’t notice evil.
16 So Job is only speaking nonsense,
saying many words without knowing what is true.”
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