Job 36
Reina Valera Contemporánea
Cuarto discurso de Eliú
36 Todavía añadió Eliú:
2 «Tenme un poco de paciencia, y te mostraré
que de Dios aún tengo mucho que decir.
3 Lo que de él sé tiene una larga historia,
y voy a demostrarte que mi Creador es justo.
4 En mis palabras no hay nada de mentira;
¡tienes ante ti a la sabiduría perfecta!
5 »Aunque Dios es grande y poderoso,
no desprecia a los de corazón sincero;
6 no da larga vida a los malvados,
y sí hace justicia a los oprimidos;
7 está al pendiente de los hombres justos,
para exaltarlos siempre junto con los reyes.
8 Aunque estén encadenados y en la cárcel,
sujetos a las ataduras de la aflicción,
9 Dios da a conocer sus malas obras
y la insolencia de sus rebeliones.
10 Les abre los oídos para que se corrijan,
y los exhorta a apartarse del mal.
11 Si obedecen a Dios y le sirven,
Dios les concede días de paz y bienestar;
12 pero si no obedecen, la espada les espera
y mueren sin llegar a tener entendimiento.
13 »Los hipócritas son rencorosos con Dios,
y no piden clemencia aunque sufran su castigo.
14 Pierden la vida en plena juventud,
como la pierden los que se han prostituido.
15 Pero Dios libra al pobre de su pobreza,
y en la aflicción lo enseña a ser obediente;
16 lo libra de vivir siempre angustiado
y lo lleva a lugares espaciosos,
donde le prepara un suculento banquete.
17 »Pero tú no llevaste a juicio al malvado,
ni defendiste al huérfano en los tribunales.
18 Cuídate de no dejarte llevar por las riquezas,
ni te dejes seducir por el soborno.
19 Ante Dios, de nada te sirven todas tus riquezas,
ni todo tu poder y tu fuerza.
20 No esperes que llegue la noche,
momento en que los pueblos desaparecen.
21 Cuídate de no caer en la maldad,
pues por preferirla ahora sufres.
22 Mira que el poder de Dios es sublime;
no hay maestro que se le pueda comparar.
23 ¿Quién le puede señalar el camino a seguir?
¿Quién puede reprenderlo por lo que hace?
24 »No te olvides de exaltar su creación,
la cual admira la humanidad entera.
25 Todo el mundo puede contemplarla,
no importa cuán lejos se encuentre.
26 Dios es grande, pero no lo conocemos;
nadie sabe cuántos años ha existido.
27 Dios reúne las gotas de agua,
y hace que el vapor se convierta en lluvia;
28 esa lluvia la contienen las nubes,
que cae en abundancia sobre la humanidad.
29 »¿Quién conoce la extensión de las nubes,
o entiende el estruendo de los rayos en su seno?
30 Dios derrama su luz sobre la tierra,
y cubre con ella las profundidades del mar.
31 Con la lluvia da vida a los pueblos
y la tierra produce el sustento de muchos.
32 Las densas nubes esconden la luz,
y la tierra se cubren de sombras.
33 El trueno denuncia la ira de Dios;
la tempestad proclama su rechazo a la maldad.
Job 36
New King James Version
Elihu Proclaims God’s Goodness
36 Elihu also proceeded and said:
2 “Bear with me a little, and I will show you
That there are yet words to speak on God’s behalf.
3 I will fetch my knowledge from afar;
I will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.
4 For truly my words are not false;
One who is perfect in knowledge is with you.
5 “Behold, God is mighty, but despises no one;
(A)He is mighty in strength [a]of understanding.
6 He does not preserve the life of the wicked,
But gives justice to the (B)oppressed.
7 (C)He does not withdraw His eyes from the righteous;
But (D)they are on the throne with kings,
For He has seated them forever,
And they are exalted.
8 And (E)if they are bound in [b]fetters,
Held in the cords of affliction,
9 Then He tells them their work and their transgressions—
That they have acted [c]defiantly.
10 (F)He also opens their ear to [d]instruction,
And commands that they turn from iniquity.
11 If they obey and serve Him,
They shall (G)spend their days in prosperity,
And their years in pleasures.
12 But if they do not obey,
They shall perish by the sword,
And they shall die [e]without (H)knowledge.
13 “But the hypocrites in heart (I)store up wrath;
They do not cry for help when He binds them.
14 (J)They[f] die in youth,
And their life ends among the [g]perverted persons.
15 He delivers the poor in their affliction,
And opens their ears in oppression.
16 “Indeed He would have brought you out of dire distress,
(K)Into a broad place where there is no restraint;
And (L)what is set on your table would be full of (M)richness.
17 But you are filled with the judgment due the (N)wicked;
Judgment and justice take hold of you.
18 Because there is wrath, beware lest He take you away with one blow;
For (O)a large ransom would not help you avoid it.
19 (P)Will your riches,
Or all the mighty forces,
Keep you from distress?
20 Do not desire the night,
When people are cut off in their place.
21 Take heed, (Q)do not turn to iniquity,
For (R)you have chosen this rather than affliction.
22 “Behold, God is exalted by His power;
Who teaches like Him?
23 (S)Who has assigned Him His way,
Or who has said, ‘You have done (T)wrong’?
Elihu Proclaims God’s Majesty
24 “Remember to (U)magnify His work,
Of which men have sung.
25 Everyone has seen it;
Man looks on it from afar.
26 “Behold, God is great, and we (V)do not know Him;
(W)Nor can the number of His years be discovered.
27 For He (X)draws up drops of water,
Which distill as rain from the mist,
28 (Y)Which the clouds drop down
And pour abundantly on man.
29 Indeed, can anyone understand the spreading of clouds,
The thunder from His canopy?
30 Look, He (Z)scatters His light upon it,
And covers the depths of the sea.
31 For (AA)by these He judges the peoples;
He (AB)gives food in abundance.
32 (AC)He covers His hands with lightning,
And commands it to [h]strike.
33 (AD)His thunder declares it,
The cattle also, concerning [i]the rising storm.
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