Job 36
La Palabra (España)
Sentido del dolor de Job
36 Elihú siguió diciendo:
2 Ten paciencia y te convenceré,
pues aún quedan razones en favor de Dios.
3 Espigaré mi saber en el pasado,
demostraré que mi Creador tiene razón.
4 Mis palabras no son vanas, desde luego;
ante ti tienes ciencia consumada.
5 Dios es poderoso y no vacila,
poderoso y de firmes decisiones.
6 No permite que viva el malvado,
sino que hace justicia al afligido;
7 no aparta sus ojos de los justos:
los pone junto a reyes, en sus tronos,
los entroniza y exalta para siempre.
8 Pero si Dios los carga de cadenas
y los ata con sogas de aflicción,
9 es para denunciar sus acciones,
sus delitos nacidos del orgullo;
10 hace que ellos escuchen su advertencia,
los conmina a dejar el pecado.
11 Si escuchan y saben ser dóciles,
su vida se colmará de prosperidad,
el bienestar acompañará su existencia;
12 si no escuchan, cruzarán el Canal;
morirán repletos de ignorancia.
13 La mente del impío almacena cólera,
cuando Dios lo encadena no pide socorro;
14 su vida se consume en plena juventud,
muere a la edad de los hieródulos.
15 Pero salva al afligido con la aflicción,
lo instruye mediante el sufrimiento.
16 Te arrancaría de las fauces de la angustia,
llevándote a un lugar sin agobios, espacioso,
a una mesa con platos sustanciosos.
17 Pero tu causa es propia de un culpable,
el pleito y el derecho te obsesionan.
18 No te dejes seducir por la riqueza,
ni un soborno sustancioso te corrompa:
19 de nada servirá ante la angustia
todo el poder de tus riquezas.
20 No suspires porque llegue esa noche
en que la gente desaparece de su sitio.
21 Cuidado con volver a la maldad,
que por ella probaste la aflicción.
Himno a la sabiduría y al poder divinos
22 ¡Qué sublime y poderoso es Dios!
¿Hay maestro que se le pueda comparar?
23 ¿Quién se atreverá a calificar su conducta
o podrá acusarlo de obrar mal?
24 Acuérdate de ensalzar sus obras,
pues todos las han alabado;
25 toda la humanidad las contempla,
los mortales las perciben de lejos.
26 Dios es sublime, incomprensible;
incalculable el número de sus años.
27 Atrae hacia sí las gotas de agua,
las filtra de su fuente como lluvia,
28 la lluvia que destilan las nubes,
que riega copiosa a los humanos.
29 ¿Quién conoce las dimensiones de su nube
o el fragor que retumba en su tienda?
30 El Altísimo despliega su relámpago,
que ilumina la profundidad del mar.
31 De este modo alimenta a los pueblos,
les regala sustento en abundancia.
32 Oculta el relámpago en sus manos,
lo dirige directo hacia el blanco.
33 El Altísimo habla con su trueno,
su cólera provoca la tormenta.
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.
La Palabra, (versión española) © 2010 Texto y Edición, Sociedad Bíblica de España
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
