Job 4
Nueva Biblia de las Américas
Reproches de Elifaz
4 Entonces respondió Elifaz, el temanita:
2 «Si alguien tratara de hablarte, ¿te pondrías impaciente?
Pero ¿quién puede abstenerse de hablar[a](A)?
3 -»Tú has exhortado a muchos,
Y las manos débiles has fortalecido(B).
4 -»Al que tropezaba, tus palabras lo levantaban[b],
Y las rodillas débiles[c] fortalecías.
5 -»Pero ahora que te ha llegado a ti, te impacientas(C);
Te toca a ti, y te desalientas(D).
6 -»¿No es tu temor[d] a Dios(E) tu confianza(F),
Y la integridad de tus caminos tu esperanza?
7 ¶»Recuerda ahora, ¿quién siendo inocente ha perecido jamás?
¿O dónde han sido destruidos los rectos(G)?
8 -»Por lo que yo he visto, los que aran iniquidad
Y los que siembran aflicción, eso siegan(H).
9 -»Por el aliento de Dios perecen(I),
Y por la explosión[e] de Su ira son consumidos(J).
10 -»El rugido del león, el bramido de la fiera[f]
Y los dientes de los leoncillos son quebrantados(K).
11 -»El león perece por falta de presa(L),
Y los cachorros de la leona se dispersan(M).
12 ¶»Una palabra me fue traída secretamente(N),
Y mi oído percibió un susurro(O) de ella.
13 -»Entre pensamientos inquietantes de visiones nocturnas,
Cuando el sueño profundo cae sobre los hombres(P),
14 Me sobrevino un espanto, un temblor
Que hizo estremecer todos[g] mis huesos.
15 -»Entonces un espíritu pasó cerca de[h] mi rostro,
Y el pelo de mi piel[i] se erizó.
16 -»Algo se detuvo, pero no pude reconocer su aspecto;
Una figura estaba delante de mis ojos,
Hubo silencio, después oí una voz:
17 “¿Es el mortal justo delante de Dios(Q)?
¿Es el hombre puro delante de su Hacedor(R)?
18 -”Dios no confía ni aún en Sus mismos siervos;
Y a Sus ángeles atribuye errores(S).
19 -”¡Cuánto más a los que habitan en casas de barro(T),
Cuyos cimientos están en el polvo(U),
Que son aplastados como[j] la polilla!
20 -”Entre la mañana y la tarde son hechos pedazos(V);
Sin que nadie se dé cuenta, perecen para siempre(W).
21 -”¿No les es arrancada la cuerda de su tienda(X)?
Mueren, pero sin sabiduría(Y)”.
Job 4
International Children’s Bible
Eliphaz Speaks
4 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered:
2 “If someone tried to speak with you, would you be upset?
I cannot keep from speaking.
3 Think about how many people you have taught.
Think about how you have made weak hands strong.
4 Your words have comforted those who fell.
And you have given strength to those who could not stand.
5 But now trouble comes to you. And you are discouraged.
Trouble hits you, and you are terrified.
6 You should trust in your respect for God.
You should have hope because you are innocent.
7 “Think about this now: A person who has not done wrong will not die.
Honest people were never destroyed.
8 I have noticed that people who plow evil
and plant trouble harvest it.
9 God’s breath destroys them.
A blast of his anger kills them.
10 The lions roar and growl.
But the teeth of great lions are broken.
11 The lion dies because he can’t find an animal to eat.
So the cubs of the female lion are scattered.
12 “A word was brought to me in secret.
My ears heard a whisper of it.
13 It was during troublesome dreams in the night
when men are in deep sleep.
14 I was shaking with fear.
All my bones were shaking.
15 A spirit glided past my face.
The hair on my body stood up in fear.
16 The spirit stopped,
but I could not see what it was.
A shape stood before my eyes.
And I heard a quiet voice.
17 It said, ‘Can a man be holy in the presence of God?
Can a man be pure before the one who made him?
18 God does not trust his servants.
He even blames his angels for mistakes.
19 So he puts even more blame on people who live in clay houses.[a]
The foundations of these houses are made of dust.
They can be crushed more easily than a moth.
20 Between dawn and sunset they are broken to pieces.
They are not noticed. They die and are gone forever.
21 The ropes of their tents are pulled up.
And they die without wisdom.’
Footnotes
- 4:19 clay houses This is probably talking about people’s bodies.
Job 4
King James Version
4 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
2 If we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who can withhold himself from speaking?
3 Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands.
4 Thy words have upholden him that was falling, and thou hast strengthened the feeble knees.
5 But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.
6 Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the uprightness of thy ways?
7 Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off?
8 Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.
9 By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed.
10 The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken.
11 The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout lion's whelps are scattered abroad.
12 Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a little thereof.
13 In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men,
14 Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake.
15 Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up:
16 It stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof: an image was before mine eyes, there was silence, and I heard a voice, saying,
17 Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker?
18 Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged with folly:
19 How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth?
20 They are destroyed from morning to evening: they perish for ever without any regarding it.
21 Doth not their excellency which is in them go away? they die, even without wisdom.
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