Job 4
Christian Standard Bible
First Series of Speeches
Eliphaz Speaks
4 Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:
2 Should anyone try to speak with you
when you are exhausted?
Yet who can keep from speaking?
3 Indeed, you have instructed many
and have strengthened(A) weak hands.
4 Your words have steadied the one who was stumbling
and braced the knees that were buckling.(B)
5 But now that this has happened to you,
you have become exhausted.
It strikes(C) you, and you are dismayed.
6 Isn’t your piety your confidence,
and the integrity of your life[a] your hope?(D)
7 Consider: Who has perished when he was innocent?
Where have the honest[b] been destroyed?(E)
8 In my experience, those who plow injustice
and those who sow trouble(F) reap the same.(G)
9 They perish at a single blast(H) from God
and come to an end by the breath of his nostrils.(I)
10 The lion may roar and the fierce lion(J) growl,
but the teeth of young lions are broken.(K)
11 The strong lion dies if it catches no prey,
and the cubs of the lioness are scattered.(L)
12 A word was brought to me in secret;
my ears caught a whisper of it.(M)
13 Among unsettling thoughts from visions in the night,(N)
when deep sleep(O) comes over men,
14 fear and trembling came over me(P)
and made all my bones shake.
15 I felt a draft[c] on my face,
and the hair on my body stood up.
16 A figure stood there,
but I could not recognize its appearance;
a form loomed before my eyes.
I heard a whispering voice:
17 “Can a mortal be righteous before God?
Can a man be more pure than his Maker?” (Q)
18 If God puts no trust in his servants
and he charges his angels with foolishness,[d](R)
19 how much more those who dwell in clay houses,(S)
whose foundation is in the dust,
who are crushed like a moth!
20 They are smashed to pieces from dawn to dusk;
they perish forever while no one notices.(T)
21 Are their tent cords not pulled up?
They die without wisdom.(U)
Job 4
La Biblia de las Américas
Reproches de Elifaz
4 Entonces respondió Elifaz temanita, y dijo:
2 Si alguien osara hablarte, ¿te pondrías impaciente?
Pero ¿quién puede abstenerse de hablar[a](A)?
3 He aquí, tú has exhortado a muchos,
y las manos débiles has fortalecido(B).
4 Al que tropezaba tus palabras han levantado[b],
y las rodillas débiles[c] has robustecido.
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 furtivamente(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 propios 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, mas sin sabiduría(Y)».
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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